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GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
Monday, July 02, 2012
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Deloitte Consulting LLP.
DISCLAIMER:
The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
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USAID ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI)
CONTRACT NUMBER: AID-114-C-10-00004
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP
USAID/CAUCASUS
MONDAY, JULY 02, 2012
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Author(s): Levan Nebieridze
Reviewed By: Vakhtang Marsagishvili, Transport & Logistics Consultant
Giorgi Akhalaia, Manufacturing & Services Manager
Alan Saffery, Manufacturing & Services Component Leader
Name of Component: Manufacturing & Services
Practice Area: Transport & Logistics
Key Words: trade, transit, origin, destination, export, import, product, Georgia, road, rail, sea, air
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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify, obtain and analyze reliable data commodity flows from, to and through Georgia. Data is gathered for the years 2005-2010, although partial data from 2011 is also presented in order to assess continuity of trends.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author expresses his appreciation to the National Statistics Office of Georgia, especially Ms. Lika Gviniashvili and Ms. Lika Dzebisauri.
Appreciation is also given to Mr. Vasil Gedevanishvili, Chief of the Statistics Department of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia for his assistance in obtaining valuable information on transit goods through Georgia.
Additionally, the author express thanks to volunteers, former students of the Free University of Georgia, and now collaborators of the consulting and transportation company Vengo, Mr. David Cheishvili, who performed calculations and analysis of the statistical data for transits through Georgia and Mrs. Rusudan Kavtaradze, who analyzed Export – Import data for the last five years.
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ABBREVIATIONS TRACECA Transport Corridor Europe Caucasia Asia
HSC Harmonised System Codes
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
GAA Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan market
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
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CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 1
II. APPENDICES .................................................................................................. 3
A. METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................... 4
B. FINDINGS .................................................................................................... 5
C. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 130
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of this study is to determine the export potential of Georgia by identifying the most prevalent export products and export destinations and analyzing the potential of such export products. The study also analyzed transit flows from 2005 to 2010 through Georgia to better understand the opportunities in Georgian economy with regards to cargo flows and requirements for logistics centers.
The study indicates the following key opportunities:
• There has been a continuous annual growth of transit flows
– Explosive growth by weight in the transit of commodities (i.e., coal and petroleum with over 300 percent increase on average for the period 2005-2010; agricultural products, meat, and poultry), with expected rising numbers over the next few years
– Top cargo includes coal, petroleum, iron and iron ores, wheat and meslin, various meats and poultry, cane and beet sugar, and various chemicals
• There are potential opportunities for Georgia from transit cargo flows
– Investment into specific types of logistics infrastructure to meet cargo requirements, such as agricultural and food product logistics centers
– Opportunities for additional processing to increase value added
• The study allows for targeted promotion of Georgia as a corridor for cargo with origin and destination countries
– Major countries of origin for goods transiting Georgia include the US, Turkey, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia.
– Major countries of destination for goods transiting Georgia include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia and Central Asian countries.
The re-export of used motor vehicles is a growing export sector. The liberal import and transit procedures allowed Georgia to establish a used vehicle market and then re-export vehicles to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Central Asia. A similar model of consolidation could be applied for other products, such as furniture, washing materials, automotive spare parts, meat, or sugar. While significant investment would be needed to establish a relevant logistics and consolidation center, a better understanding of trade and cargo flows is one step into that direction.
Other transport and logistics opportunities are emerging in the near future, such as the railway connection from Azerbaijan to Turkey through Georgia. A new transmission line for electricity will not only allow for export of electricity as new hydro power plants are being constructed, but the lower-cost electricity can also be consumed by logistical and goods processing centers.
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The study has analyzed the export and import statistics per different commodity value and weight, and country origin and country destination. In addition, the study elaborates top transit products by weight for the last years1, top 30 country origins and country destinations for the transit cargo, top five transit goods and their transportation modes.
The total amount of trade and cargo data information is too large to be analyzed in one study alone. EPI recommends that the transport and logistics industry and other relevant stakeholders continue to analyze available data to identify opportunities for their businesses; for example, the specific demand in destination country, available transportation modes, better understanding what is processed by the ports, what is delivered by the ferries, and where improvement of the infrastructure to better handle the cargo flows, such as cold storage facilities or specifically designated warehouses (for example, for cotton), is necessary.
This study’s source of data is statistics from GEOSTAT and the Revenue Service. The data quality, however, has significant issues which have been identified and presented to the two entities. EPI believes, and it has been confirmed by the Revenue Service, that some of the value figures may have been miscoded as cargo enters the country. The data for 2008 is especially problematic as it indicates that some of the cargo value has increased ten-fold. The upcoming EPI-supported activity with establishing the trade facilitation system will assist, among other significant trade efficiency enhancements, in also improving the quality of trade and cargo data.
1 The database included weight data, but no data could be obtained for values in USD or other currencies.
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II. APPENDICES A. METHODOLOGY
B. FINDINGS
C. RECOMMENDATIONS
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A. METHODOLOGY The aim of this study was to identify the top export, import and transit products in 2005-2010 by volume and value, to identify the main origin and destination countries for transit goods through Georgia, and to analyze potential opportunities for the transport and logistics industry.
The immense amount of raw data was analyzed with Microsoft Excel, with the database comprising around 50,000 rows. The following functions were used to facilitate data analysis:
Filtering;
Sorting;
“Vlookup” function;
“Sum” function;
“Sumif” function;
“If” function;
“And” function;
“Or” function;
For data visualization, the study also includes several charts.
The report focuses on Georgia’s trade data over the years 2005-2010, according to value and volume, sorted by the top origin and destination countries, and the top 30 export and import products. The top 30 transit products were also reviewed, sorted by volume and by the top 30 origin and destination countries.2 Transportation modes were also identified.
2 The database included weight data, but no data could be obtained for values in USD or other currencies.
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B. FINDINGS The study has identified the following leading export products: ferro-alloys, gold in semi-manufactured forms, mineral water, nuts, wine, wood and pulp, construction materials, pharmaceutical and medical devices, apparel, and copper. For most of these products Georgia has favorable cost factors, logistics position and business environment for serving the Caucasus market and also other countries of TRACECA.
In the next 2-3 years, the study estimates transit in the territory of Georgia of the following goods:
Meat and meat products, poultry
Undenatured ethyl alcohol
Construction materials
Tractors and construction equipment
Sugar
Bananas and other tropical fruits
Washing materials
Chemical products
Milk and cream products
Rice
Tobacco products
The study estimates the following trade flows in the coming years:
Transited Goods Transited weight
Petroleum products 5 million tonnes
Fluorine, iodine and bromine 1 million tonnes
Coal briquettes and related products 4 million tonnes
Iron ore and iron products 1 million tonnes
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Sugar 1 million tonnes
Construction material 1 million tonnes
EXPORTS TOP 30 EXPORT PRODUCTS BY VALUE
In the following table, information concerning the top 30 export goods for the past 5 years is presented. In order to establish trends, figures for the years 2005-2010 are presented alongside data from the first 6 months of 2011, which demonstrates significant increases in the export of some major commodities, such as mineral water and soft drinks. Wine exported in the first 6 months of 2011 already reached 71 percent of the total 2010 value.
There is also a positive upward trend for the export of pharmaceuticals, mineral or chemical nitrogenous fertilizers, and ferro-alloys.
Special attention should be paid to the position of products under HS Codes 870324 and 870333 – motor cars. Cars are not produced in Georgia, but re-exported to Georgia’s neighboring countries and Central Asia. This has resulted from the establishment of car markets and a liberal trading regime.
Products under HS 271600 also require specific attention – electrical energy and the fact that Georgia has moved from being a net importer to an exporter of electricity. Taking into account the established and planned power generation projects, it is logical to see the positive trends.
Cement, after USD 46 million in exports in 2008, suffered a decrease because of the real estate and construction crisis in the region, although the situation improved slightly in the first 6 months of 2011.
Copper ores and concentrates are slowly improving, although exports of this commodity are still less than 63 percent of the 2008 figure.
Ferrous scrap exports in the last five years decreased because of the opening of the steel factory in Rustavi and Kutaisi. They are now competitors to the foreign buyers of Georgian scrap. At the same time, there is a small growth in scrap exports in the form of ingots of iron and steel (HS Code 720449).
Live animals (HS Codes 010290 and 010410) comprise largely sheep, which Georgia sells to the Middle East, and for the first time in 2011 to Israel.
Nut exports, after a peak in 2007 suffered from a fall in value of 50 percent, although improved again in 2009 and continues the positive trend.
Analysis of data over the past 5 years demonstrates the negative impacts of the Russian embargo on Georgian agricultural products.
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Georgia’s Top 30 Export Products3 by Value (Thousand USD):
N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
Thousand US Dollars
1 010290 Live bovine animals 107.3 16,902.5 15,932.4 12,268.3
3 010410 Live bovine animals 0.0 0.0 463.0 17,054.0 7,841.6 2,460.4
4 080221 Other nuts, fresh or dried 2,272.7 1,382.3 4,255.9 6,363.5 13,793.3 2,371.4
5 080222 Other nuts, fresh or dried 54,012.1 63,738.6 27,475.7 63,409.1 50,217.4 22,868.3
6 080520 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried 2,488.7 4,579.5 3,738.4 15,670.5 12,043.3 99.0
7 100190 Wheat and meslin 6,221.5 6,667.9 2,080.2 3,248.3 7,256.9 1,889.8
8 210690 Other food preparations 383.9 315.0 9,306.9 7,996.0 8,112.5 6,053.0
9 220110 Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not containing added sugar
24,032.9 24,975.7 30,544.3 24,562.3 30,076.9 29,880.0
10 220210 Waters, mineral and aerated waters, containing added 23,026.1 29,377.7 7,525.1 10,490.9 13,148.1 9,296.1
3 HS Codes 870324 and 870333 – motor cars are not produced in Georgia, but re-exported to Georgia’s neighboring countries and Central Asia
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
sugar
11 220421 Wine of fresh grapes 39,512.0 27,333.9 34,333.1 29,382.5 35,669.4 24,051.1
12 220820 Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
25,482.4 45,136.9 42,052.2 41,243.6 34,644.7 19,931.4
13 220830 Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
2,391.0 3,202.7 5,525.5 5,823.0 10,563.2 5,148.3
14 230400 Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
1,932.0 246.8 1,596.0 4,044.3 5,489.1 1,147.6
15 252329 Cement 6,455.0 15,061.1 46,045.9 16,391.8 5,323.9 8,315.3
16 260300 Copper ores and concentrates 79,536.1 79,212.5 118,265.4 61,868.0 70,675.6 45,692.0
17 270900 Crude petroleum and petroleum oils 25,431.4 28,261.5 24,154.7 21,607.0 29,918.3 23,473.0
18 300490 Medicaments put up in measured doses 7,738.8 14,612.0 18,114.6 18,236.9 26,502.3 19,475.1
19 310230 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous 46,622.6 56,884.9 98,459.6 59,598.1 72,113.4 75,031.0
20 440792 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
9,339.4 9,543.1 10,642.4 7,578.3 3,794.0 2,240.8
21 720230 Ferro-alloys 83,887.3 146,774.6 231,049.0 127,878.3 262,409.8 145,418.1
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
22 720429 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
12,359.4 22,991.1 27,411.7 9,609.6 9,430.9
23 720449 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
54,814.5 64,719.2 96,453.4 52,693.8 94,252.5 85,432.8
24 740400 Copper waste and scrap 30,160.6 37,051.8 29,726.7 19,013.2 41,666.7 31,295.0
25 760200 Aluminium waste and scrap 13,855.5 16,184.7 14,212.7 5,556.5 13,308.7 11,506.1
26 860110 Rail locomotives 619.2 6,557.2 31,406.9 13,343.8 17,333.9
27 870324 Motor cars 7,309.3 11,307.2 38,407.8 21,690.0 45,153.1 85,852.2
28 870333 Motor cars 457.1 10,907.3 16,104.4 23,141.1 45,319.9 19,671.8
29 890510 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels
1,400.0 1,400.0 1,400.0 5,830.0 5,463.8 -
30 271600 Electrical energy 2,680.1 16,553.8 17,452.5 20,077.0 36,537.7 24,781.3
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936,374.6
1,232,110.5
1,495,345.2
1,133,622.4
1,575,067.4
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
$1,400,000
$1,600,000
$1,800,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Export from Georgia ($)
Thsd.USD
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Georgia’s Top 30 Export Products by Weight (tonnes):
N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
Tonnes
1 010410 Live bovine animals 0.0 0.0 385.2 8,531.1 3,540.8 1,136.1
2 030269 Fish, fresh or chilled and other fish meat 5,633.9 5,255.4 9,605.2 18,673.1 20,068.7 7,105.8
3 070990 Other vegetables, 1,653.1 1,349.6 1,838.4 3,674.9 4,410.0 4,776.2
4 080520 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried 15,636.3 38,515.9 20,812.4 53,607.1 35,141.4 244.5
5 080810 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh 6,955.9 1,897.2 21,203.8 190.0 2,438.2 90.5
6 081090 Other fruit, fresh 3,523.6 6,783.9 5,235.0 5,300.8 6,876.1 33.6
7 100590 Maize 28,075.7 17,255.1 6,665.7 5,428.9 9,651.8
8 200979 Fruit and vegetable juices 2,338.8 7,606.5 4,226.2 1,666.8 4,179.5 332.3
9 200980 Fruit and vegetable juices 792.7 1,461.9 1,336.7 1,288.2 2,183.3 1,094.9
10 220110 Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not containing added sugar
68,537.3 57,380.6 61,699.3 52,388.3 62,989.0 57,646.8
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
11 220210 Waters, mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar
72,342.2 75,011.3 18,898.2 23,539.4 29,785.6 19,323.1
12 220421 Wine of fresh grapes 23,806.4 13,425.4 15,188.9 13,675.4 17,947.3 11,738.2
13 220820 Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
10,579.8 17,226.2 14,192.3 13,130.3 11,405.4 6,317.0
14 220890 Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
637.8 7,426.1 3,844.5 1,734.4 4,710.6 1,934.2
15 230400 Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
7,314.7 620.3 2,487.2 7,538.3 10,386.3 2,019.0
16 230630 Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats
3,988.0 3,983.4 7,699.3 21,215.9 8,125.0 2,300.1
17 252329 Cement 108,625.1 168,650.3 383,126.7 195,429.0 69,095.5 122,086.0
18 252390 Cement 164,036.6 300,207.0 209,924.7 1,484.2 3,233.7
19 260200 Manganese ores and concentrates 14,274.7 520.0 2,609.5 3,987.6 7,758.1 27,522.0
20 260300 Copper ores and concentrates 62,351.9 59,198.7 94,732.2 79,021.8 50,775.0 27,715.3
21 270900 Crude petroleum and petroleum oils 60,125.7 58,106.3 35,004.9 60,410.0 56,803.9 30,796.5
22 310230 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous 303,024.0 329,844.6 325,824.0 329,372.8 333,622.8 246,361.8
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
23 440710 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
41,646.1 24,105.6 16,159.5 15,443.6 4,438.8 990.5
24 440792 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
84,188.3 44,490.1 47,587.3 30,527.0 13,284.9 7,012.8
25 701090 Carboys, bottles, flasks and other closures, of glass. 13,668.3 20,291.6 5,634.4 2,559.2 3,854.3 1,608.8
26 720230 Ferro-alloys 128,429.1 124,459.7 113,472.7 143,692.5 204,761.4 115,716.1
27 720429 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
78,464.6 126,986.1 91,749.2 42,925.9 37,429.5
28 720449 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
321,294.1 327,450.0 307,910.9 261,077.8 328,652.8 232,989.4
29 740400 Copper waste and scrap 8,669.0 8,740.0 6,019.5 5,592.9 8,306.6 5,033.2
30 760200 Aluminium waste and scrap 10,880.9 10,639.4 8,300.5 5,977.6 10,718.9 7,408.6
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2,223,832.5 2,401,243.2 2,199,314.7
1,796,368.8 1,852,928.3
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1,000,000
1,500,000
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Export from Georgia (tonnes)
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For transportation companies, freight forwarders and government bodies, analysis of cargo by weight provides a good understanding of product cargo flows and trade trends, as well as the future necessity for transportation and storage facilities. Analysis of trade flows by weight will help identify the most suitable locations for multi-modal logistics and warehousing centers.
Analysis by weight highlights some commodities, which have maintained a leading position for the years 2005-2010 – scrap metal and alloys. But for the last year, special attention should be paid to the products with a possibility for growth; cement (shows the tendency to increase and the chance to achieve the 2008 figure next year), manganese and concentrates (expected 6 times higher in 2011), mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous (continues to improve and will probably have a 50 percent higher figure in 2011).
All the aforementioned commodities are general cargo, typically exported by ship and pre-carriage provided by the railway, and only partly utilizing road transport.
At the same time road transport shows consistently improving figures for wine, mineral water, fruit and vegetables. Further development of cold storage and consolidation centers, and more refrigerated trucks and logistics centers will be likely.
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Georgia’s Top Export Destination Countries by Value of Goods Transported (Thousand USD)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Export – all 936,374.6 1,232,110.5 1,495,345.2 1,133,622.4 1,583,345.1
EU Countries 225,353.7 268,530.3 335,153.8 237,546.8 296,612.4
Bulgaria 62,268.2 59,357.3 108,216.7 82,290.6 62,105.9
Germany 39,463.2 56,155.9 33,062.6 23,025.4 31,762.0
Spain 15,543.5 14,414.9 19,667.7 15,313.9 32,609.0
Italy 23,983.8 17,792.6 17,144.9 23,282.1 23,376.2
Great Britain 19,460.3 23,172.5 43,576.6 8,186.2 19,305.5
Other European Countries
Bosnia-Herzegovina - 5.0 22.3 1.5 20.6
Norway 430.1 36.2 21.5 570.1 171.4
Serbia-Montenegro 8,017.5 91.4 47.8 298.4 73.1
Switzerland 1,941.5 1,367.2 933.2 2,290.6 410.6
Croatia 3.5 3.2 11.4 168.8 36.7
CIS countries 391,077.5 461,895.5 540,884.8 416,162.3 644,432.9
Azerbaijan 88,913.5 137,455.0 203,930.3 165,633.8 243,989.3
Russia 75,393.3 45,338.5 29,783.4 21,146.2 34,298.3
Armenia 73,602.0 110,844.2 123,422.0 88,941.7 160,283.2
Ukraine 56,837.5 94,169.3 134,173.8 83,955.0 103,334.4
Kazakhstan 15,426.2 34,291.5 22,040.3 20,455.3 47,947.7
Middle East 217,122.3 249,575.88 306,525.73 299,964.91 301,712.08
Turkey 123,302.1 171,763.9 262,910.2 225,768.7 216,049.4
Iran 2,699.4 6,050.0 10,058.5 6,425.8 12,140.7
United Arab Emirates 8,355.8 18,638.3 11,228.6 16,710.6 27,793.5
Iraq 790.0 1,382.8 2,574.4 10,685.1 7,652.0
Turkmenistan 71,808.9 26,338.5 6,338.1 10,668.6 12,205.3
Asia 40,062.9 58,367.9 48,235.1 48,826.7 108,959.9
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Japan 517.9 392.9 273.8 4,561.4 8,118.1
India 8,685.1
8,140.8
9,088.8 5,816.1 11,988.8
Korea Republic 740.8 3,188.7
3,296.6 5,105.8 7,017.4
China 10,351.0 8,272.5 8,992.7 5,965.5 24,250.5
Singapore 468.8
966.5 842.4 1234.0 1998.6
Africa 13,354.1 4,578.6 1,441.5 9,357.3 15,577.1
Egypt 910.9 2,791.1 23.4 3,477.1 10,395.2
Zimbabwe - - - - 4,822.9
Mozambique - - - - 3,110.8
South Africa 1.7 64.6 138.1 93.7 41.7
Siera Leone 0.3 110.0 83.2 164.4 23.1
America 121,521.2 244,570.2 296,639.9 154,890.5 279,609.4
USA 58,509.9 149,036.0 102,197.6 36,933.9 180,498.8
Canada 48,872.4 70,603.5 131,805.5 117,224.1 86,655.2
Brazil 3,404.7 9,299.8 8,889.1 1.0 5,985.0
Mexico 5,244.5 12,681.4 52,981.3 40.0 4,055.6
Panama 539.6 316.6 410.3 630.8 2,351.1
EXPORT TO EU COUNTRIES
The EU countries are becoming increasingly more important for Georgia, especially taking into account the current trade negotiations for Georgia, particularly the EU Free Trade Agreement in early 2012. The main export markets for Georgian products in the EU are Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Great Britain. Bulgaria has a ferry connection with Georgia and allows it to serve as a collection and distribution center for the Georgian products. Bulgaria receives from Georgia exported fresh or dried nuts, mineral water, copper ores and concentrates, fertilizers and crude petroleum and petroleum oils.
Spain is the second most important export market for Georgia in 2010, taking over Germany in the prior years. This may be due to good and improving connections between the two countries and a substantive Georgian diaspora in Spain. Georgian exports to Spain include wood products, ferrous scrap, fertilizers and copper. Similar products are delivered to Italy but in smaller amounts.
Exports to Germany consist of nuts, fruit and vegetable juices and concentrates, wine.
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EXPORT TO CIS COUNTRIES
While Georgian exports to Russia fell, Georgia has doubled its exports over the past 5 years to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine, and has tripled its exports to Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan and Ukraine are Georgia’s top two trade partners. The economy of Azerbaijan is growing fast, which has increased the buying power of Azeri consumers to import Georgian good.
The re-export of cars to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan deserves a special mention. Georgia is increasing its re-exports of European, Asian and American cars to Caucasian and Central Asian countries by introducing liberal trade and customs regime and establishing used vehicle markets.
EXPORT TO MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
Turkey is the top trading partner for Georgia, receiving the largest amount of Georgian raw material. The coming years will tell whether Georgia exports will increase to other countries in the region, such as Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE based on the different agreements between Georgia and the governments in this region, business missions, and B2B meetings.
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Georgia’s Top 5 Products Exported to Top 5 EU Import Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Bu
lgar
ia
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080222 8.1 813.0 1,060.0 81.2 112.5 2.0 140.0 191.0 14.0 18.0
Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not containing added sugar
220110 10.4 7.0 11.2 24.9 10.8 21.3 13.3 20.0 49.2 20.0
Copper ores and concentrates
260300 48,980.0 50,770.0 90,126.9 61,866.9 50,663.9 40,651.8 38,302.5 73,275.0 79,021.5 35,553.6
Crude petroleum and petroleum oils
270900 12,397.5 2,354.8 7,526.9 2,750.2 - 28,705.0 5,282.6 9,679.4 8,226.7 -
Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
310230 - 1,120.9 4,044.2 16,031.3 10,242.9 - 6,297.1 16,246.9 89,870.0 43,590.6
Ge
rman
y
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080222 11,200.7 21,353.4 5,290.0 11,838.0 13,202.4 2,508.0 3,434.8 944.8 2,415.2 2,456.2
Flour and meal of the dried leguminous vegetables
110630 328.4 1,485.3 1,401.7 303.8 524.4 55.0 246.2 317.3 94.3 90.9
Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved
200819 3,032.1 1,329.3 1,229.7 188.5 427.6 427.8 232.4 162.4eo 44.5 65.8
Fruit and vegetable juices 200979 1,066.2 6,515.4 5,681.8 849.2 2,954.3 1,809.0 4,956.4 3,852.5 1,232.8 3,562.3
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Country Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Wine of fresh grapes 220421 210.0 356.4 455.9 482.0 479.5 113.1 164.7 221.6 211.2 239.3
Ital
y
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080222 17,041.7 7,533.1 2,429.5 7,254.6 5,388.8 3,238.8 1,382.0 546.8 1,704.5 1,016.3
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 - - 2,649.7 1,222.9 1,030.2 - - 4,879.2 4,301.4 2,808.5
Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
310230 2,571.6 1,431.1 5,706.1 5,657.5 2,482.8 17,612.7 9,217.5 19,793.3 31,528.8 11,785.5
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440799 1,137.9 2,288.1 1,560.5 1,321.4 1,477.0 4,074.6 5,698.4 3,642.2 2,803.1 1,648.4
Planed (shaved) wood 440920 463.5 437.7 300.7 819.3 400.0 266.4
Spai
n
Copper ores and concentrates
260300 6,990.2 7,951.8 8,985.4 - 20,011.7 4,999.6 6,000.0 5,785.7 - 15,221.2
Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
310230 4,122.2 2,246.0 6,679.8 6,409.5 7,620.6 27,389.8 12,859.5 23,898.4 35,828.0 34,516.8
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440799 42.9 117.7 96.5 15.0 - 167.4 405.8 308.5 47.6 -
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Country Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
720421 1,535.5 2,368.8 1,232.4 805.4 1,620.5 694.8 724.5 423.9 536.9 736.7
Georgia’s Top 10 Products Exported to Top 5 CIS Import Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Arm
enia
Wheat and meslin 100190 6,221.5 6,667.9 1,405.7 3,248.3 5,302.8 36,521.9 25,430.8 4,994.7 15,161.6 22,900.4
Maize 100590 4,554.6 4,064.3 1,555.0 1,086.9 2,434.3 28,075.7 17,255.1 5,651.2 5,428.9 9,651.8
Waters, mineral and aerated waters,
containing added sugar 220210 1,560.7 2,014.5 2,416.2 2,120.6 2,954.6 5,352.1 6,173.3 6,836.7 5,268.8 7,355.8
Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of soya-
bean oil
230400 1,932.0 246.8 1,520.3 2,617.9 3,601.9 7,314.7 620.3 2,329.6 4,772.5 6,666.8
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from
the extraction of vegetable fats
230630 566.1 578.6 1,069.2 800.4 1,168.5 3,988.0 2,017.5 2,944.1 4,237.9 4,252.5
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured
250510 105.6 100.0 133.7 378.6 303.7 6,566.0 8,099.0 10,761.0 15,598.0 15,660.9
Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
310230 9,523.7 4,502.2 5,588.9 5,089.7 2,670.6 53,958.5 23,008.1 22,441.3 18,422.7 9,908.3
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440710 2,960.1 4,836.1 3,076.5 3,801.5 1,212.1 22,510.6 18,667.7 10,143.6 12,869.3 3,993.5
Motor cars 870323 5,936.0 12,188.9 23,384.5 6,848.8 34,552.6 3,265.3 1,249.2 2,210.2 656.5 8.6
Motor cars 870324 522.3 2,529.5 9,640.9 4,538.3 14,381.4 81.3 187.0 519.9 249.5 5.9
Aze
rbai
jan
Other food preparations 210690 66.0 291.6 5,206.5 4,669.0 4,193.9 0.8 4.0 427.4 328.1 297.6
Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not
220110 1,287.6 1,757.1 2,597.6 3,154.4 2,263.5 3,246.3 4,206.7 6,108.1 6,970.4 4,942.0
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
containing added sugar
Waters, mineral and aerated waters,
containing added sugar 220210 163.4 1,072.6 2,558.6 4,342.0 4,193.9 458.4 2,574.9 6,358.8 10,026.8 9,940.1
Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs
and other spirituous beverages
220830 677.3 1,242.2 2,564.2 2,319.9 3,214.7 67.7 132.4 230.0 257.6 337.7
Cement 252310 4,492.7 21,174.9 6,944.5 5,934.3 - 82,543.0 244,318.5 64,155.4 81,784.2 -
Cement 252329 6,421.3 13,747.0 45,541.1 16,391.8 5,323.8 108,354.1 156,443.3 379,268.2 195,429.0 69,095.3
Cement 252390 8,703.9 24,611.1 27,004.1 112.1 245.5 164,036.5 269,691.3 209,297.3 1,484.2 3,233.7
Carboys, bottles, flasks and other closures, of
glass. 701090 995.0 720.5 1,126.6 1,153.9 1,023.7 2,906.4 2,045.0 2,478.0 2,265.6 2,019.1
Motor cars 870323 29,804.2 19,744.1 25,217.8 19,704.0 77,129.7 13,076.4 2,140.0 2,104.8 1,619.9 16.3
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Motor cars 870324 2,082.3 6,173.0 23,403.3 13,000.8 16,470.2 305.7 363.5 1,117.7 703.2 4.5
Kaz
akh
stan
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080222 55.2 128.0 161.5 142.1 151.7 18.4 32.0 46.0 42.8 46.0
Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
080810 11.5 86.3 251.1 5.1 243.0 70.0 220.1 772.3 20.8 872.9
Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not
containing added sugar
220110 1,649.7 1,991.9 4,320.1 2,353.6 2,868.3 3,683.0 4,455.8 8,307.3 4,533.1 5,532.4
Waters, mineral and aerated waters,
containing added sugar 220210 8.5 138.6 498.4 318.9 617.2 25.8 354.5 1,299.0 738.5 1,441.7
Wine of fresh grapes 220421 4,520.6 4,304.6 3,667.0 4,447.0 5,880.4 1,941.2 1,917.2 1,478.6 2,006.4 2,741.2
Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs
and other spirituous beverages
220820 2,178.6 3,260.8 2,804.6 2,405.8 1,501.2 1,287.9 1,871.1 1,500.2 1,058.4 764.8
Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs
and other spirituous
220890 307.2 4,480.9 2,991.1 1,211.8 3,434.9 165.3 6,942.5 3,761.4 1,684.7 4,577.4
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
beverages
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440792 16.6 37.0 43.0 73.7 65.1 180.0 195.1 238.8 380.8 99.9
Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more
persons 870290 - 355.5 1,743.0 1,285.7 194.0 - 29.2 132.8 100.4 0.0
Motor cars 870323 25.6 6,233.7 119.4 801.5 10,001.3 14.8 393.4 8.3 60.3 1.1
Ru
ssia
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut
pure or pastes 200799 108.2 417.0 712.9 360.2 217.4 164.6 421.3 622.3 313.1 188.8
Other clays, andalusite, kyanite and
sillimanite,mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
250810 107.2 44.4 59.6 24.2 39.9 579.9 240.0 270.0 134.0 201.0
Granite, basalt and other monumental or building
251690 4.0 213.2 240.7 135.3 134.4 60.0 2,570.0 1,666.8 1,124.6 999.2
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
stone
Slag, dross, scalings and other waste from the
manufacture of iron or steel
261900 641.5 177.5 458.9 216.1 15.9 11,706.4 1,560.0 2,440.3 1,363.6 132.0
Manganese oxides 282010 86.1 145.1 133.3 160.1 229.9 260.0 377.0 204.0 240.1 356.5
Ferro-alloys 720230 20,414.5 4,518.9 2,293.1 2,826.8 5,006.4 31,129.5 6,248.9 1,299.4 3,205.8 4,022.7
Rail locomotives 860110 619.2 1,729.2 2,094.9 197.5 380.0 276.0
Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or
rolling-stock 860799 2,154.7 9,710.2 5,045.6 508.5 96.8 277.0 303.4 139.0 36.1 11.5
Motor cars 870323 218.6 1,045.4 107.2 14.6 428.6 75.5 97.3 18.3 3.5 4.1
Motor cars 870324 102.6 637.5 76.8 119.1 491.5 18.8 52.3 10.8 6.2 0.0
Ukr
ain
e
Other vegetables, 070990 454.0 557.2 561.7 778.7 1,112.4 1,387.2 1,249.1 1,612.9 1,903.6 2,169.3
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried 080520 1,974.0 4,178.3 3,392.2 11,822.1 8,630.9 13,312.6 36,994.7 19,895.3 41,665.2 24,447.0
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Country
Name 6 digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
080810 62.3 167.6 2,338.9 - 59.9 417.6 997.6 18,437.4 - 296.8
Other fruit, fresh 081090 551.4 734.0 939.5 1,065.1 2,393.5 3,504.9 6,567.4 4,775.3 4,194.5 5,601.8
Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not
containing added sugar
220110 6,275.5 15,080.3 14,918.0 11,809.0 16,092.9 15,759.3 34,611.3 30,292.2 26,418.4 34,213.6
Wine of fresh grapes 220421 11,305.2 13,952.2 17,653.7 11,398.6 16,607.1 5,277.8 7,101.7 8,026.0 5,706.2 8,924.8
Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs
and other spirituous beverages
220820 16,028.4 37,542.2 33,006.0 28,798.1 25,225.3 6,970.5 14,005.8 11,197.3 9,933.8 9,486.5
Ferro-alloys 720219 680.0 - 6,202.2 189.8 - 1,000.0 - 1,674.0 221.7 -
Ferro-alloys 720230 11,191.3 4,434.0 17,436.4 7,438.5 15,377.3 17,366.2 4,188.2 10,413.0 7,337.0 10,528.1
Rail locomotives 860110 - 4,600.0 22,120.0 3,634.6 5,400.0 - 736.0 1,840.0 552.0 552.0
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Georgia’s Top 5 Products Exported to Top 5 Middle East Import Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country Name 6 Digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Iran
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440792 878.5 1,742.1 2,829.5 2,433.3 1,279.5 9,711.4 8,952.9 12,868.4 11,500.5 5,689.9
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440799 105.6 1,165.9 1,352.8 20.6 11.0 948.8 5,138.2 6,051.4 63.0 6.0
Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood
441830 70.8 220.8 277.8 197.5 463.8 468.1
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of
iron or steel 720449 121.3 79.3 66.5 147.7 170.7 859.0 484.0 239.1 920.9 632.8
Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron or
steel 730410 14.3 612.5 1,272.1 115.0 678.3 1,379.2
Iraq
Live sheep and goats 010410 - 414.4
- 140.0
Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh 040700 - 41.6 75.6 - 44.6 74.2
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Country Name 6 Digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080221 452.6 710.6 1,809.5 3,042.7 5,572.3 275.1 286.4 1,154.7 1,732.3 2,269.1
Other nuts, fresh or dried 080222 173.5 493.7 528.6 6,402.7 1,304.4 35.0 88.6 134.1 1,512.8 233.4
Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material, of iron or steel
730900 - 34.3
- 165.0
Turk
ey
Fish, fresh or chilled and other fish meat
030269 448.3 749.9 1,147.6 2,050.9 4,113.6 4,891.5 5,119.5 9,601.7 18,673.1 20,068.7
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440710 2,198.3 1,190.3 1,423.4 547.7 133.3 18,993.4 5,338.6 5,845.0 2,316.5 389.4
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440792 6,806.4 5,546.0 6,507.6 3,343.9 1,487.8 67,667.4 29,932.5 32,051.5 15,505.6 5,615.8
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440799 476.3 679.4 646.6 217.8 27.8 5,109.8 3,845.6 1,414.2 590.8 21.8
Ferro-alloys 720230 11,644.3 5,164.5 69,157.6 80,063.5 24,397.7 17,552.5 6,792.1 31,797.9 88,307.7 17,406.6
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Country Name 6 Digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of
iron or steel 720429 11,106.5 22,037.2 25,718.8 9,065.3 9,430.9 75,546.8 123,407.6 87,647.3 42,509.1 37,429.5
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of
iron or steel 720449 37,028.0 60,142.9 87,468.3 46,051.1 79,211.6 215,769.3 304,717.1 279,762.4 225,974.7 271,995.1
Copper waste and scrap 740400 9,050.9 10,938.6 4,969.7 3,365.8 6,301.1 2,886.4 2,705.1 988.1 910.1 1,245.0
Aluminium waste and scrap 760200 8,254.6 14,078.6 9,584.1 1,220.0 4,137.4 6,518.2 9,247.8 5,579.2 1,395.8 3,480.4
Unwrought lead 780199 511.5 2,353.1 2,033.3 125.8 425.6 697.0 1,363.0 1,103.5 96.8 239.9
Turk
me
nis
tan
Tea 090220 125.2 95.4 137.4 128.2 113.2 166.0 119.2 171.7 124.9 114.7
Waters, natural or artificial mineral and aerated waters, not containing added sugar
220110 281.0 430.4 541.0 714.0 1,029.1 868.0 1,237.2 1,357.6 1,681.0 2,123.6
Waters, mineral and aerated waters, containing
added sugar 220210 39.8 78.0 96.8 269.3 155.6 126.2 125.4 173.0 569.3 373.8
Medicaments put up in measured doses
300490 16.0 48.6 189.8 1,099.5 638.3 2.0 0.9 9.9 71.8 55.6
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Country Name 6 Digit code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes,
and other vessels 890510 1,400.0 1,400.0 1,400.0 5,830.0 5,463.8 129.0 129.0 131.0 561.3 524.5
Un
ite
d A
rab
Em
irat
es
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, sanded or finger-jointed
440792 1,068.4 1,663.1 1,003.9 1,185.3 863.9 4,252.3 3,794.8 1,834.7 2,359.1 1,714.2
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of
iron or steel 720449 122.4 172.1 1,342.3 3,470.8 10,333.3 745.0 748.3 4,868.7 16,484.7 35,388.0
Copper waste and scrap 740400 2,583.3 4,988.2 1,474.2 4,292.0 7,687.6 787.4 1,252.0 328.1 1,320.0 1,690.9
Aluminium waste and scrap 760200 1,180.5 624.0 610.6 1,188.7 2,510.6 996.8 412.4 366.6 1,329.6 2,072.6
Lead waste and scrap 780200 136.2 260.2 330.8 143.8 705.3 301.0 427.3 505.0 254.2 613.0
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Top 20 Export Partners by Volume (Thousand USD) in last five years
2006 2007
Rank #
Export 936,374.6 Export 1,232,110.5
1 Turkey 123,302.1 Turkey 171,763.9
2 Azerbaijan 88,913.5 USA 149,036.0
3 Russia 75,393.3 Azerbaijan 137,455.0
4 Armenia 73,602.0 Armenia 110,844.2
5 Turkmenistan 71,808.9 Ukraine 94,169.3
6 Bulgaria 62,268.2 Canada 70,603.5
7 USA 58,509.9 Bulgaria 59,357.3
8 Ukraine 56,837.5 Germany 56,155.9
9 Canada 48,872.4 Russia 45,338.5
10 Germany 39,463.2 Kazakhstan 34,291.5
11 Italy 23,983.8 Turkmenistan 26,338.5
12 United Kingdom 19,460.3 United Kingdom 23,172.5
13 Spain 15,543.5 United Arab Emirates 18,638.3
14 Kazakhstan 15,426.2 Italy 17,792.6
15 France 12,445.2 Belgium 17,737.7
16 Belgium 11,007.3 Spain 14,414.9
17 China 10,351.0 Israel 13,715.0
18 India 8,685.1 Mexico 12,681.4
19 United Arab Emirates 8,355.8 Netherlands 12,111.4
20 Serbia-Montenegro 8,017.5 France 11,613.7
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2008 2009
Rank #
Export 1,495,345.2 Export 1,133,622.4
1 Turkey 262,910.2 Turkey 225,768.7
2 Azerbaijan 203,930.3 Azerbaijan 165,633.8
3 Ukraine 134,173.8 Canada 117,224.1
4 Canada 131,805.5 Armenia 88,941.7
5 Armenia 123,422.0 Ukraine 83,955.0
6 Bulgaria 108,216.7 Bulgaria 82,290.6
7 USA 102,197.6 USA 36,933.9
8 Mexico 52,981.3 Italy 23,282.1
9 United Kingdom 43,576.6 Germany 23,025.4
10 France 39,910.1 Russia 21,146.2
11 Germany 33,062.6 Kazakhstan 20,455.3
12 Russia 29,783.4 United Arab Emirates 16,710.6
13 Kazakhstan 22,040.3 Spain 15,313.9
14 Spain 19,667.7 Belarus 14,100.6
15 Italy 17,144.9 Belgium 13,519.5
16 Romania 13,611.5 Greece 12,258.5
17 Netherlands 12,652.5 Romania 12,203.3
18 United Arab Emirates 11,228.6 Iraq 10,685.1
19 Belarus 11,167.8 Turkmenistan 10,668.6
20 Iran 10,058.5 Lithuania 9,884.8
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2010
Rank #
Rank #
Export – $1,575,067
1 Azerbaijan 243,730.5 11 Germany 31,762.0
2 Turkey 214,777.4 12 Romania 28,696.1
3 USA 180,498.8 13 United Arab Emirates 27,793.5
4 Armenia 159,709.1 14 China 24,250.5
5 Ukraine 103,334.4 15 Italy 23,364.7
6 Canada 86,655.2 16 Belarus 22,493.1
7 Bulgaria 62,105.9 17 Belgium 21,809.1
8 Kazakhstan 47,947.7 18 United Kingdom 17,186.7
9 Russia 34,298.3 19 Netherlands 17,159.3
10 Spain 32,609.0 20 Turkmenistan 12,205.3
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 35
13%
10%
8%
8%
8% 7% 6%
6%
5% 4%
25%
Export partners in 2006
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Russia
Armenia
Turkmenistan
Bulgaria
USA
Ukraine
Canada
Germany
Other countries
14%
12%
11%
9% 8%
6% 5%
4%
4%
3%
24%
Export partners in 2007
Turkey
USA
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Ukraine
Canada
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Kazakhstan
Other countries
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 36
18%
14%
9%
9% 8% 7%
7%
3%
3% 3%
19%
Export partners in 2008
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Canada
Armenia
Bulgaria
USA
Mexico
United Kingdom
France
Other countries
20%
15%
10%
8% 7%
7%
3%
2%
2% 2%
24%
Export partners in 2009
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Canada
Armenia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
USA
Italy
Germany
Russia
Other countries
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15%
14%
11%
10% 7% 6%
4%
3%
2%
2%
26%
Export partners in 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkey
USA
Armenia
Ukraine
Canada
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Russia
Spain
Other countries
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Georgia’s Top 30 Imports by Value (Thousand USD)
N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
Thousand US Dollars
1 020714 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen
17,841.6 28,881.7 33,779.9 28,749.8 37,731.2 27,013.4
2 151219 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof 20,857.3 28,417.0 44,439.6 27,577.7 34,079.4 21,377.3
3 170199 Sugar and chemically pure sucrose 24,804.6 41,486.7 36,649.0 10,485.3 31,729.5 11,333.9
4 180690 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
22,419.2 27,197.7 33,503.9 27,156.4 28,460.8 12,554.3
5 240220 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes 22,822.5 37,932.2 59,825.3 57,159.7 78,735.4 45,334.9
6 240310 Other manufactured tobacco and tobacco substitutes; tobacco extracts and essences 11,984.6 10,312.9 16,208.2 16,087.9 14,779.9 6,680.2
7 271011 Petroleum and petroleum oils 197,892.3 270,768.9 347,633.2 281,030.3 327,916.9 201,661.7
8 271019 Petroleum and petroleum oils 245,210.9 285,574.7 414,863.5 274,278.1 367,032.9 256,452.9
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
9 271121 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons 207,530.7 285,330.1 197,532.4 186,425.4 149,275.9 141,594.5
10 300420 Medicaments put up in measured doses 5,930.5 10,848.0 18,307.2 17,731.5 23,056.4 12,243.2
11 300490 Medicaments put up in measured doses 96,676.1 117,336.4 146,543.1 136,544.3 143,844.2 89,457.1
12 340220 Washing and cleaning preparations 7,453.8 17,086.0 23,074.3 21,449.5 25,880.9 18,633.7
13 391620 Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, of plastics 8,534.9 16,245.0 23,612.4 16,223.2 18,988.6 9,751.5
14 392330 Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers and lids of plastics 12,803.0 16,732.1 16,308.0 12,030.3 17,001.7 11,300.9
15 481840 Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues and similar paper 17,738.6 20,259.6 27,223.3 25,766.5 30,859.3 19,879.0
16 630900 Worn clothing 10,416.3 15,180.9 14,527.6 10,682.4 20,857.8 17,286.4
17 690890 Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; mosaic cubes and the like 16,066.8 21,563.6 31,085.0 22,038.5 29,741.2 22,571.5
18 701090 Carboys, bottles, flasks and other closures, of glass. 11,576.9 14,179.2 17,399.9 14,719.7 18,907.1 11,141.2
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
19 721420 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 31,244.6 67,651.9 104,504.2 31,206.4 51,206.6 26,055.7
20 730890 Structures and parts of structures of iron or steel 13,360.0 19,617.1 24,226.7 11,915.0 27,420.5 38,280.6
21 841821 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment 10,359.3 17,772.2 26,602.4 12,516.9 23,346.9 12,084.7
22 845011 Household or laundry-type washing machines 10,704.4 19,191.4 20,265.5 13,982.7 22,432.2 13,258.3
23 847130 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof 4,719.4 9,316.5 18,634.8 13,405.4 19,995.8 18,460.3
24 870120 Tractors 3,666.6 6,597.6 11,509.9 12,456.5 18,302.7 11,756.8
25 870323 Motor cars 225,167.9 232,633.5 420,841.6 162,975.9 180,297.7 115,252.3
26 870324 Motor cars 45,030.4 77,259.8 184,033.3 74,788.0 67,202.0 41,266.6
27 870332 Motor cars 8,607.3 24,797.9 38,174.5 18,492.2 27,184.9 16,449.4
28 870333 Motor cars 5,219.2 10,824.4 26,695.2 33,156.4 16,582.8 14,418.1
29 870421 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 5,923.6 18,609.8 29,461.4 21,815.1 25,740.2 17,889.0
30 770000 Other products 78,625.0 263,230.9 58,876.9 303,881.1 17,643.2 10,033.6
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3,674,832.4
5,212,150.2
6,301,540.3
4,500,244.1
5,156,285.9
3,645,167.4
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
$7,000,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 January-July
Imports in Georgia ($)
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Georgia’s Top 30 Imports by Weight (Tonnes)
N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
Tonnes
1 020714 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen 12,541.0 22,106.3 29,848.0 32,852.2 34,357.0 20,108.6
2 151219 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof
25,628.0 25,999.8 25,935.6 28,659.2 27,608.6 13,388.8
3 170199 Sugar and chemically pure sucrose 53,129.1 94,948.8 78,905.6 20,849.8 49,021.4 13,731.2
4 170490 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa 8,445.5 8,949.3 7,568.1 6,425.2 6,854.0 4,074.3
5 180690 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa 11,071.4 12,342.2 12,567.8 11,672.9 11,003.6 4,397.3
6 240220 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes 1,662.7 2,544.2 3,706.1 3,507.3 5,350.4 3,145.2
7 240310 Other manufactured tobacco and tobacco substitutes; tobacco extracts and essences
1,505.4 1,398.3 2,048.6 2,179.2 2,352.2 956.7
8 252310 Cement 39,713.0 118,075.5 199,271.9 158,895.2 147,723.2 40,126.9
9 252329 Cement 187,291.0 327,016.6 410,055.1 242,909.6 178,491.5 98,890.1
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
10 271011 Petroleum and petroleum oils 318,964.2 383,956.9 407,660.2 465,317.5 436,341.7 200,650.4
11 271019 Petroleum and petroleum oils 394,858.3 407,322.3 440,099.3 496,136.2 498,684.8 259,697.1
12 271121 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons 1,354,491.
3 1,225,816.
7 1,054,874.
8 849,643.6 782,530.9 702,088.5
13 340220 Washing and cleaning preparations 6,885.8 13,512.5 16,593.1 16,123.4 19,294.6 12,874.6
14 340290 Washing and cleaning preparations 9,615.9 5,970.1 4,192.0 2,634.5 1,140.1 619.4
15 391620 Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, of plastics
4,295.7 7,604.0 10,756.1 8,527.6 9,478.1 4,630.4
16 392330 Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers and lids of plastics
6,569.9 7,897.8 6,895.0 5,896.7 7,784.8 4,309.3
17 401120 New pneumatic tyres, of rubber 4,389.8 4,234.8 4,452.3 2,111.7 4,144.9 1,966.2
18 481840 Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues and similar paper
3,780.7 3,684.9 4,950.4 5,202.3 6,272.6 3,986.5
19 630900 Worn clothing 8,258.2 8,352.8 9,305.4 7,269.2 7,730.2 4,031.7
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
20 690890 Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; mosaic cubes and the like
54,424.6 58,553.1 75,931.5 58,541.0 73,667.4 50,639.4
21 701090 Carboys, bottles, flasks and other closures, of glass. 23,975.8 25,220.1 25,079.3 24,567.6 33,446.6 17,858.6
22 721420 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 67,508.2 115,519.8 125,082.6 64,101.5 90,396.5 38,772.1
23 730890 Structures and parts of structures of iron or steel 5,913.8 8,323.0 8,004.4 4,327.1 7,893.0 10,031.6
24 841821 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment
2,589.9 3,677.3 5,100.1 2,640.1 4,953.5 2,493.3
25 842952 Self-propelled bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, tamping machines
3,066.5 3,507.3 4,490.0 1,903.2 2,351.8 2,426.1
26 845011 Household or laundry-type washing machines 3,555.7 4,917.0 4,497.9 3,494.6 5,521.6 3,148.2
27 870120 Tractors 1,539.1 1,961.8 2,979.3 2463.183 2415.784 179.73
28 870421 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 2,635.0 6,797.2 11,017.2 9877.952 3012.823 31.58
29 940350 Other furniture and parts thereof 4,630.9 6,351.1 9,582.4 5648.867 7713.2701 3481.14
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N 6 Digit Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
January-July
30 940360 Other furniture and parts thereof 6,807.1 4,852.4 5,309.9 3514.699 5618.056 2988.63
5,087,766.2
5,859,300.9 5,942,762.2
4,951,613.6
5,436,659.7
3,244,729.7
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 January-July
Import in Georgia (tonnes)
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Georgia’s Top Import Countries by Weight (tonnes)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Import - All 3,674,832.4 5,212,150.2 6,301,540.3 4,366,105.7 5,095,460.3
EU Countries 1,104,127.2 1,538,897.3 1,756,449.6 1,305,489.2 1,439,358.3
Bulgaria 115,535.7 184,049.7 124,101.1 152,840.0 131,723.1
Germany 351,147.1 387,318.6 497,303.9 301,382.5 330,018.6
Italy 102,095.9 144,048.8 183,794.8 127,686.4 133,750.8
Netherlands 75,615.9 101,738.7 134,052.8 99,801.3 99,809.0
Romania 40,768.9 90,206.2 92,433.0 113,864.5 136,607.9
Other Europe Countries
Belarus 25,675.2 28,872.9 34,645.6 27,142.5 36,050.6
Moldova 3,520.7 3,810.2 4,299.2 3,938.1 4,666.0
Norway 4,033.4 2,592.6 3,404.1 4,593.0 5,134.7
Switzerland 32,684.1 64,178.6 50,190.1 34,634.3 34,465.1
Croatia 14,799.2 7,400.4 7,819.3 5,381.2 3,480.5
CIS Countries 1,398,588.9 1,849,368.8 1,998,028.6 1,255,070.7 1,551,024.1
Azerbaijan 318,903.6 382,367.2 607,396.1 376,432.9 464,220.5
Turkmenistan 101,061.5 149,901.8 135,024.1 74,291.5 59,200.2
Russia 555,371.8 573,879.3 423,312.0 285,553.9 279,672.9
Ukraine 320,093.0 574,906.0 657,719.8 418,313.8 558,900.6
Kazakhstan 25,384.1 63,819.1 54,754.9 23,258.9 91,648.0
Uzbekistan 6,291.8 11,056.4 7,335.2 3,513.6 9,707.2
Middle East 807,900.7 1,199,262.9 1,469,780.4 1,083,161.1 1,195,442.6
United Arab Emirates 109,124.1 214,721.3 276,880.4 110,344.8 159,229.6
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Turkey 522,560.1 727,906.0 940,479.8 787,616.7 888,910.5
Iran 40,301.3 51,732.9 52,080.6 29,895.0 55,079.5
Israel 22,311.6 37,780.4 41,517.0 69,893.4 14,596.6
Asia 209,295.9 414,685.7 613,316.33 368,544.4 627,755.8
Japan 39,541.5 55,749.9 119,765.0 60,077.1 80,890.3
Republic of Korea 12,420.3 23,159.3 46,124.2 16,798.5 29,302.1
Singapore 2,243.9 6,696.3 18,689.6 26,778.9 11,476.3
Thailand 3,972.4 7,158.9 12,527.8 10,378.9 15,727.4
China 103,331.8 206,709.4 298,331.1 174,669.1 334,321.1
Africa 9,620.4 33,443.0 41,642.6 9,727.0 22,557.4
Ghana - 12,569.4 28,133.4 2,300.9 11,488.7
Egypt 7,688.4 9,807.1 4,384.2 2,254.8 5,170.0
Cot Devour 29.7 5,575.0 5,574.1 846.2 13.6
Morocco 127.9 2,670.1 369.6 39.3 244.3
South Africa 1,580.4 2,577.2 2,276.9 3,931.5 3,041.4
Americas 201,319.8 308,295.4 497,671.9 328,518.0 294,940.0
Argentina 941.8 2,711.2 3,687.5 3,621.5 4,948.8
USA 129,608.6 203,891.4 358,084.2 223,725.2 173,375.6
Brazil 52,267.2 82,118.6 104,182.4 75,963.0 80,624.9
Ecuador 1,805.8 2,578.7 4,241.6 6,620.3 13,152.1
Canada 14,294.8 12,261.9 17,936.0 14,148.5 17,740.9
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
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Georgia’s Top 5 Products Imported from Top 5 EU Export Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Bu
lgar
ia
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes
240220 2,461.7 3,111.0 2,683.8 2,139.5 3,527.3 181.6 219.4 167.5 111.2 211.2
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271011 35,156.2 56,543.0 53,984.7 45,918.9 67,455.1 56,690.0 80,118.0 65,183.3 74,750.1 90,448.2
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 9,257.5 12,974.7 20,119.1 6,943.3 18,836.9 15,350.7 18,595.3 21,230.1 11,610.6 25,446.6
Medicaments put up in measured doses
300490 4,713.5 4,592.6 5,248.9 3,339.7 3,996.6 671.4 586.9 500.6 75.2 92.9
Preparations for use on the hair
330590 1,266.6 2,199.6 2,648.9 2,379.2 1,995.6 584.1 573.9 566.0 504.5 433.0
Ge
rman
y
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 1,827.5 2,678.6 4,468.2 4,012.6 5,314.7 884.7 1,116.1 2,110.9 2,064.8 1,955.6
Medicaments put up in measured doses
300490 10,941.8 12,544.8 17,218.4 13,711.2 15,758.9 244.1 206.1 245.4 245.2 393.5
Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber
401220 1,393.1 2,120.9 2,711.8 2,497.5 5,421.5 1,770.4 2,032.3 2,938.2 3,264.7 4,752.6
Worn clothing 630900 3,509.4 4,298.5 4,223.1 2,222.7 4,312.6 2,834.2 2,400.0 2,932.7 1,884.1 1,652.1
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Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Motor cars 870323 114,582.0 86,450.2 113,823.8 39,136.7 42,529.5 35,677.1 19,158.2 10,266.0 877.5 41.2
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
870421 2,456.4 9,865.9 16,877.6 11,897.4 12,968.8 1,431.7 4,079.6 6,775.1 5,898.2 1,654.2
Ital
y
Other live plants, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
060290 167.8 1,410.1 2,155.3 2,742.2 1,090.2 103.5 494.9 852.9 1,224.9 540.2
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271011 - 8,360.8 23,621.9 17,832.6 23,073.3 - 10,334.9 24,512.4 28,149.4 28,611.5
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 145.0 353.1 10,032.7 2,851.5 5,583.5 78.6 162.8 9,563.4 4,386.8 6,847.3
Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; mosaic cubes and the like
690890 941.2 1,612.5 1,321.8 1,163.4 1,367.4 1,161.5 1,802.0 1,277.3 1,502.1 1,923.9
Carboys, bottles, flasks and other closures, of glass.
701090 2,961.8 3,061.3 2,930.5 1,426.5 946.8 5,489.0 4,896.6 3,410.9 1,573.7 1,348.2
Ne
ther
lan
ds Worn clothing 630900 1,258.6 2,473.6 2,338.0 1,383.6 2,442.3 991.1 1,207.9 1,160.0 945.8 966.1
Automatic data processing machines and units thereof
847150 4,243.2 9,754.5 9,656.3 3,247.6 5,356.7 160.1 261.3 185.1 57.5 52.2
Motor cars 870332 772.6 1,726.5 2,923.0 2,722.6 3,658.7 225.0 423.6 721.2 935.6 3.8
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Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
870421 544.4 1,564.6 2,404.9 2,711.9 3,431.7 277.0 589.1 938.4 1,253.1 297.6
Trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled;
parts thereof 871639 599.6 592.7 1,762.8 1,088.8 691.7 540.7 410.0 805.6 670.8 567.7
Ro
man
ia
Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
230400 2,142.5 78.7 1,383.5 4,164.5 7,018.4 7,150.6 224.9 2,480.3 8,824.2 15,048.3
Oil-cake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats
230690 313.6 2,729.7 2,705.5 979.9 6,928.3 4,690.9
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271011 33,823.2 73,870.2 63,860.8 78,663.3 81,900.0 52,422.6 107,641.8 82,293.1 131,177.0 110,809.3
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 2,294.1 9,813.3 12,390.1 19,944.4 37,091.6 3,781.1 13,604.6 13,891.9 36,015.8 53,408.7
Medicaments put up in measured doses
300490 257.0 119.0 808.1 1,226.6 1,893.8 8.4 47.4 44.1 46.3 64.4
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Georgia’s Top 10 Products Imported from Top 5 CIS export Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Aze
rbai
jan
Sugar and chemically pure sucrose
170199 11,916.7 15,653.3 9,777.5 684.1 575.0 22,460.0 34,394.3 20,612.7 713.0 617.8
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared
190219 180.0 111.5 963.6 958.5 1,401.3 603.7 266.3 1,581.5 2,228.3 2,788.8
Bran, sharps and other residues, derived from the
working of cereals 230230 4,508.1 8,542.2 3,938.0 3,103.6 3,937.4 63,500.6 76,260.2 33,379.0 37,429.8 38,039.1
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters 252010 1,264.9 1,653.4 2,203.5 1,110.2 5,873.6 49,536.1 63,239.6 72,215.1 34,248.2 67,138.4
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271011 94,654.3 83,413.7 158,902.0 111,876.5 132,756.8 154,786.
0 117,667.8 183,274.4 194,826.3 178,366.4
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 137,814.4 88,181.0 190,908.2 116,106.7 164,996.8 239,120.
7 137,470.9 211,428.7 227,105.6 240,200.9
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
271113 3,548.4 3,757.8 4,940.6 3,030.6 4,868.9 16,038.2 10,062.2 9,054.2 5,701.9 6,854.5
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
271121 2,145.2 90,078.9 121,452.4 120,408.8 92,664.7 14,041.4 627,602.5 821,778.7 661,927.2 622,821.6
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Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues
of petroleum oils 271320 5,680.7 10,595.0 12,354.2 5,850.0 6,087.9 19,102.0 28,304.5 28,839.8 13,428.8 13,979.1
Sodium hydroxide; potassium hydroxide;
peroxides of sodium or potassium
281512 2,121.0 1,395.0 1,577.6 1,297.4 2,271.3 12,034.3 7,488.6 6,944.5 5,424.4 9,266.9
Kaz
akh
stan
Wheat and meslin 100190 16,352.5 47,136.6 36,054.8 13,104.5 71,505.5 98,598.8 206,669.2 99,869.2 62,755.6 291,227.4
Barley 100300 288.7 523.7 113.8 150.1 321.2 1,862.9 3,092.0 360.0 1,015.9 1,897.9
Wheat or meslin flour 110100 1,437.6 4,264.1 1,652.3 63.4 - 5,322.0 13,114.4 3,560.0 192.0 -
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared
190230 - 624.8 684.6 340.1 1,275.1 - 1,243.7 871.0 576.2 2,155.4
Flat-rolled products of non-alloy steel, of a width of
more than 600mm, clad or coated
721049 1,781.6 3,188.1 5,414.9 4,003.3 9,489.8 2,127.2 3,377.8 4,580.2 5,329.4 10,513.1
Manganese ores and concentrates
260200 475.8 3,808.6
1,586.0 10,461.3
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Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 - 281.4 - 559.4 783.5 - 974.5 - 1,234.7 2,141.5
Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
310230 300.0 369.2
1,134.0 1,448.0
Other plates, film, foil and strip, of plastics
392113 - 94.7 548.3 356.7 791.9 - 21.4 116.7 101.8 244.1
Flat-rolled products of non-alloy steel, of a width of
more than 600mm, clad or coated
721012 - 401.5 782.6 309.8 219.1 - 486.8 601.9 313.8 185.2
Ru
ssia
Wheat and meslin 100110 4,726.0 9,910.1 6,834.9 5,075.6 257.9 28,649.1 38,427.7 21,743.5 26,176.7 1,282.1
Wheat and meslin 100190 62,953.2 82,065.9 48,826.6 82,486.2 66,661.7 372,259.
4 314,570.6 170,278.0 407,522.0 333,260.1
Wheat or meslin flour 110100 16,654.8 25,696.1 18,346.7 195.6 - 62,100.2 71,110.0 37,902.9 477.4 -
Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and
fractions thereof 151219 4,487.8 9,000.9 9,170.7 961.9 525.6 5,510.4 8,064.9 4,533.4 838.6 400.0
Chocolate and other food preparations containing
180631 5,238.6 5,356.0 6,738.0 5,799.5 5,792.7 1,416.3 1,329.7 1,432.7 1,210.7 1,156.4
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 54
Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
cocoa
Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments
and mixed seasonings 210390 2,675.7 3,368.6 3,994.6 5,513.6 7,575.1 2,032.9 2,093.6 2,051.6 3,455.7 4,511.0
Coal; briquettes and similar solid fuels manufactured
from coal 270119 6.7 32.6 4,843.2 70.3 2,381.0 69.0 349.0 46,202.8 648.7 20,114.4
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 5,087.4 4,855.5 9,071.2 16,628.4 26,605.8 6,319.6 4,703.6 9,759.3 28,816.5 35,615.4
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
271121 204,246.0 195,251.2 76,080.0 64,807.0 50,673.3 1,336,88
2.8 598,214.1 233,096.1 182,066.8 135,128.8
Electrical energy 271600 12,802.7 4,772.5 17,064.0 9,174.3 12,774.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Washing and cleaning preparations
340220 1,775.1 4,068.1 6,874.5 4,668.0 5,105.2 2,048.1 4,083.7 4,670.5 3,014.1 2,838.6
Turk
me
nis
tan
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271011 24,333.3 8,257.6 12,841.3 600.7 - 40,968.2 13,928.5 14,107.8 1,233.4 -
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 74,324.5 135,517.4 119,146.3 70,242.1 57,612.8 112,689.
6 196,474.7 129,340.5 140,184.6 76,893.6
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 55
Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
271112 1,475.2 3,213.9 167.8 643.6 - 3,990.4 5,802.4 261.0 1,469.5 -
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
271113 - 1,085.1 894.8 1,353.3 - - 1,907.1 1,007.7 2,775.0 -
Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
281410 319.0 337.2 - 1,357.6 1,372.4 -
Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary
forms 390210 458.4 945.0 1,712.9 789.7 1,543.2 400.1 700.0 1,000.0 849.5 1,101.5
Ukr
ain
e
Wheat and meslin 100190 3,475.9 22.8 7,874.6 4,061.7 19,240.4 21,766.7 40.0 24,916.5 25,114.3 60,717.9
Maize 100590 4,834.1 2,360.5 3,501.7 6,239.7 3,134.8 33,781.9 12,218.0 13,322.6 35,795.4 14,975.8
Wheat or meslin flour 110100 2,548.6 9,194.4 32,141.0 7,050.0 1,232.0 9,505.4 24,902.8 71,937.3 25,602.9 4,207.5
Sunflower seeds 120600 314.9 5,325.9 2,398.0 29,533.0 1,931.9 2,740.0 8,659.8 6,757.3 87,117.2 4,551.1
Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and
fractions thereof 151219 14,428.5 14,003.9 26,651.3 21,833.1 26,226.8 17,867.9 13,154.5 15,847.9 23,603.2 21,422.4
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes
240220 12,997.1 31,079.3 52,638.5 48,571.7 66,621.5 958.8 2,119.4 3,357.8 3,124.6 4,735.1
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 56
Country Name 6 Digit Code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Salt and pure sodium chloride, sea water
250100 2,916.3 3,095.4 3,416.0 3,520.8 3,993.7 37,651.4 37,773.2 38,587.1 37,902.3 44,335.4
Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, retort
carbon 270400 6,975.5 16,155.5 26,609.3 10,884.8 23,872.7 41,493.3 86,915.5 82,650.9 71,771.5 96,736.2
Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and
fractions thereof 151211 14,428.5 14,003.9 26,651.3 707.2 11,680.9 17,867.9 13,154.5 15,847.9 709.9 11,991.2
Railway or tramway track construction material of
iron or steel 730210 4,906.8 1,753.1 8,615.4 59.6 15,311.1 7,596.2 2,197.7 8,163.6 40.7 17,396.1
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 57
Georgia’s Top 5 Products Imported from Top 5 Middle East Export Countries by Value (Thousand USD) and Weight (tonnes)
Country Name 6 Digit
HS code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Iran
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 1,037.7 1,185.2 1,676.2 1,726.2 1,683.5 2,328.0 2,158.1 2,423.6 2,551.5 2,146.5
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues
of petroleum oils 271320 7,375.5 5,952.6 8,453.2 948.2 16,395.5 22,233.0 15,404.8 13,146.0 1,988.4 27,930.0
Washing and cleaning preparations
340220 757.2 1,239.2 2,216.6 2,434.2 3,219.2 713.1 1,046.2 2,591.7 3,109.9 4,099.8
Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; mosaic cubes and the like
690890 789.3 1,122.4 1,585.6 1,124.8 2,435.5 3,815.6 4,520.9 5,599.3 3,811.4 7,313.4
Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in
sheets 700529 1,621.4 4,974.8 7,697.5 2,284.0 981.3 4,926.4 11,900.1 20,822.7 6,775.3 2,865.5
Isra
el
Washing and cleaning preparations
340220 41.5 45.9 421.5 602.9 445.6 26.2 32.7 201.2 300.6 216.7
Different printed matter, including pictures and
photographs 491110 24.7 1,570.3 2,125.1 1,277.8 95.1 0.1 113.2 146.9 66.2 7.6
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 58
Country Name 6 Digit
HS code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Electrical apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy
851780 4,109.9 425.3 3,591.7 11.7 4.7 17.2
Electrical apparatus for line telephony or telegraphy
851790 2,340.5 318.2 1,254.9 12.3 1.1 11.4
Prefabricated buildings 940600 - 223.8 1,054.0 403.4 42.8 - 39.6 248.5 52.9 15.5
Turk
ey
Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous
vegetables 070310 4,519.9 4,901.3 3,639.7 2,679.9 10,574.7 29,305.6 26,232.9 25,137.6 17,840.2 20,195.3
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters 252020 2,142.4 2,456.2 3,559.0 3,380.5 4,445.8 17,934.7 16,831.8 22,552.7 25,104.0 34,334.7
Cement 252329 672.1 150.7 4,690.1 9,263.0 10,883.5 6,324.5 1,265.0 41,637.4 125,941.0 140,412.9
Non-refractory surfacing preparations for walls,
floors, ceilings or the like 321410 2,422.0 5,333.1 6,565.7 4,953.1 5,509.0 6,755.6 23,106.5 30,802.3 25,007.1 28,320.3
Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; mosaic cubes and the like
690890 9,397.8 10,911.9 16,197.5 13,136.7 15,615.1 38,769.6 38,492.2 46,851.4 39,834.1 45,474.0
Un
ite
d
Ara
b
Emir
ate
s
Tableware, other household articles and toilet articles,of
ceramic 691200 1,674.8 3,345.0 2,442.0 1,489.8 2,754.2 1,864.8 2,900.2 2,797.3 1,216.2 1,052.5
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 59
Country Name 6 Digit
HS code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other
wireless networks
851712 25,096.5 27,775.6
112.7 150.0
Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-
telegraphy 852520 14,537.6 53,729.6 67,294.0 100.1 742.7 215.2
Television receivers 852812 14,098.5 18,581.3 22,109.6 2,687.9 2,982.2 3,126.0
Television receivers 852872 8,173.8 12,552.3
944.6 1,000.8
Uzb
ekis
tan
Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled
071333 1,389.7 2,823.3 2,090.1 165.8 1,995.1 2,317.8 3,637.3 2,689.2 267.6 2,744.9
Wheat and meslin 100190 - 2,757.7
- 9,469.0
Petroleum and petroleum oils
271019 217.5 549.9 378.3 814.5 1,113.4 314.2 608.2 343.3 958.7 1,159.5
Stranded wire, cables, and the like, of aluminium, not
electrically insulated 761410 89.5 1,441.8 205.6 35.5 530.4 66.4
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 60
Country Name 6 Digit
HS code
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Thsd.USD Tonnes
Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electric
conductors 854460 388.3 1,444.1 482.0 201.0 639.6 160.0
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 61
Top 20 Import Partners by Volume (Thousand USD) in years 2006-2010
2006 2007
Rank #
Import 3,674,832.4 Import 5,212,150.2
1 Russia 555,371.8 Turkey 727,906.0
2 Turkey 522,560.1 Ukraine 574,906.0
3 Germany 351,147.1 Russia 573,879.3
4 Ukraine 320,093.0 Germany 387,318.6
5 Azerbaijan 318,903.6 Azerbaijan 382,367.2
6 USA 129,608.6 United Arab Emirates 214,721.3
7 Bulgaria 115,535.7 China 206,709.4
8 United Arab Emirates 109,124.1 USA 203,891.4
9 China 103,331.8 Bulgaria 184,049.7
10 Italy 102,095.9 Turkmenistan 149,901.8
11 Turkmenistan 101,061.5 Italy 144,048.8
12 Netherlands 75,615.9 Netherlands 101,738.7
13 France 68,731.8 France 101,027.3
14 United Kingdom 63,001.9 Romania 90,206.2
15 Brazil 52,267.2 Brazil 82,118.6
16 Czech Republic 42,693.0 United Kingdom 71,754.4
17 Romania 40,768.9 Switzerland 64,178.6
18 Armenia 40,337.8 Kazakhstan 63,819.1
19 Iran 40,301.3 Poland 60,624.1
20 Japan 39,541.5 Armenia 59,557.5
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 62
2008 2009
Rank #
Import 6,301,540.3 Import 4,500,244.1
1 Turkey 940,479.8 Turkey 787,885.1
2 Ukraine 657,719.8 Ukraine 421,238.0
3 Azerbaijan 607,396.1 Azerbaijan 410,176.3
4 Germany 497,303.9 Germany 302,143.0
5 Russia 423,312.0 Russia 291,607.7
6 USA 358,084.2 USA 231,556.2
7 China 298,331.1 China 174,744.9
8 United Arab Emirates 276,880.4 Bulgaria 152,840.0
9 Italy 183,794.8 Italy 130,067.7
10 Turkmenistan 135,024.1 Romania 115,095.3
11 Netherlands 134,052.8 United Arab Emirates 110,365.3
12 Bulgaria 124,101.1 Japan 108,394.1
13 Japan 119,765.0 Netherlands 105,267.8
14 Brazil 104,182.4 Brazil 75,963.0
15 France 98,479.5 Turkmenistan 74,291.5
16 Romania 92,433.0 Israel 69,893.4
17 United Kingdom 91,245.2 France 65,969.6
18 Armenia 72,078.0 Greece 61,977.2
19 Austria 70,324.3 United Kingdom 59,493.6
20 Belgium 61,299.8 Austria 51,926.3
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 63
2010
Rank #
Rank #
Import - $5,156,285.9
1 Turkey 887,818.1 11 Bulgaria 131,723.1
2 Ukraine 560,127.8 12 Netherlands 105,231.9
3 Azerbaijan 483,750.6 13 Kazakhstan 94,463.9
4 China 335,117.2 14 Japan 80,890.3
5 Germany 330,383.9 15 Brazil 80,624.9
6 Russia 290,349.1 16 France 74,676.5
7 USA 177,309.0 17 Greece 72,660.1
8 United Arab Emirates 159,229.6 18 United Kingdom 65,010.3
9 Romania 140,799.5 19 Turkmenistan 59,200.2
10 Italy 136,571.4 20 Czech Republic 57,800.5
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 64
15%
14%
10%
9% 9%
3%
3% 3%
3%
3%
28%
Import Partners in 2006
Russia
Turkey
Germany
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
USA
Bulgaria
United Arab Emirates
China
Italy
Other Countries
14%
11%
11%
7% 7% 4% 4%
4%
4%
3%
31%
Import partners in 2007
Turkey
Ukraine
Russia
Germany
Azerbaijan
United Arab Emirates
China
USA
Bulgaria
Turkmenistan
Other Countries
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 65
15%
10%
10%
8%
7% 6% 5%
4%
3%
2%
30%
Import Partners in 2008
Turkey
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Germany
Russia
USA
China
United Arab Emirates
Italy
Turkmenistan
Other Countries
18%
9%
9%
7%
6% 5% 4%
3%
3%
3%
33%
Import Partners in 2009
Turkey
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Germany
Russia
USA
China
Bulgaria
Italy
Romania
Other Countries
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 66
Transit
Georgia’s geographic position, on the route from Europe to the Caspian Sea on the one hand and from the Central Asian countries and Iran to the Black Sea on the other hand, makes it a key transport link of the region. The country’s transit and logistics facilities consist of roads, railways, pipeline infrastructure, ports, and free industrial zones. The TRACECA corridor plays important role for the movement of oil and gas products of the Caspian Sea to European countries, but it plays also an increasingly important role for transit of non-oil commodities, from wine to electricity for example.
To analyze the current situation of transit through Georgia, this study has collected the database of the Georgian customs to present the top 30 transit products sorted by weight.4 The charts also present top origin countries and top destination countries for cargo flows. The study also analyzes the transportation modes for the top five products.
The study looks at the typical transit goods during 2010 and it presents the 30 most transited goods by volume, transport mode and destination and origin countries. In comparison to transit of goods in 2003 or 2004, the type of cargo flows have changed completely, much of it due to the efficiency and transparency of customs procedures.
4 The database included weight data, but no data could be obtained for values in USD or other currencies.
17%
11%
9%
7% 6% 6%
3%
3% 3%
3%
32%
Import Partners in 2010
Turkey
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
China
Germany
Russia
USA
United Arab Emirates
Romania
Italy
Other Countries
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 67
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products5 in 2007
# Product Code
Product Description
1 8305 Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal.
2 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
3 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
4 2000 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
5 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
6 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted.
7 8700 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 8709).
8 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
9 7010 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or
5 Ranks received from Revenue Services; measures for ranks were not clearly standardized and require further scrutiny.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 68
# Product Code
Product Description
packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass.
10 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.
11 6305 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods.
12 0803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
13 7000 Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass.
14 6400 Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes.
15 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
16 1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
17 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
18 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 69
# Product Code
Product Description
19 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets.
20 3300 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic byproducts of the deterpenation of essential oil
21 1006 Rice.
22 4000 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
23 0700 Potatoes, fresh or chilled.
24 9400 Seats (other than those of heading No. 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof.
25 8400 Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation.
26 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
27 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 70
# Product Code
Product Description
28 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
29 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk.
30 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
In 2007, the leading products can be grouped as follows:
Meat and other meat products
Alcohol and spirits
Construction materials and chemicals
Soaps and washing materials
Malt and other material for beer productions, tobacco products, cane or beet sugar, rice, potato, chocolates, banana and other foodstuffs
Nuclear reactor components
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 71
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products6 in 2008
# Product Code
Product Description
1 2800 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.
2 4409 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-joints
3 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
4 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
5 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
6 2000 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
7 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
6 Ranks received from Revenue Services; measures for ranks were not clearly standardized and require further scrutiny.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 72
# Product Code
Product Description
8 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted.
9 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
10 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
11 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
12 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets.
13 1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
14 8700 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 8709).
15 8500 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets).
16 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.
17 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water.
18 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 73
# Product Code
Product Description
19 2203 Beer made from malt.
20 9306 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.
21 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
22 1006 Rice.
23 7600 Unwrought aluminium.
24 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.
25 0800 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
26 2009 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
27 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
28 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No. 1516.
29 4000 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 74
# Product Code
Product Description
30 2100 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mat‚ and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mat‚; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof.
In year 2008, the structure of leading groups of products changed significantly from the previous year. However, due to issues with data quality, we are unable to draw conclusions regarding the reasons for such change.7
.
7 Ranks received from Revenue Services; the data quality has significant issues and Revenue Services could not confirm the accuracy of the data during this period. Measures for ranks were not clearly standardized and require further scrutiny.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 75
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products8 in 2009
# Product Code
Product Description
1 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
2 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted.
3 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
4 2000 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
5 1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
6 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
7 4407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm.
8 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water.
8 Ranks received from Revenue Services; measures for ranks were not clearly standardized and require further scrutiny.
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# Product Code
Product Description
9 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
10 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
11 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.
12 8700 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 8709).
13 400 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
14 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
15 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
16 809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh.
17 1006 Rice.
18 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
19 803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
20 800 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
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# Product Code
Product Description
21 3500 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues.
22 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
23 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
24 3000 Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances
25 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets.
26 9900 #N/A {possibly a product related to trade from the US to Afghanistan}
27 405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk.
28 2203 Beer made from malt.
29 202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen.
30 3300 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic byproducts of the deterpenation of essential oil
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Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products9 in 2010
# Product Code
Product Description
1 207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
2 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
3 200 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
4 8700 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 8709).
5 9900 #N/A {possibly a product related to trade from the US to Afghanistan}
6 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
7 2000 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
8 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
9 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted.
9 Ranks received from Revenue Services; measures for ranks were not clearly standardized and require further scrutiny.
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# Product Code
Product Description
10 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
11 800 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
12 1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
13 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
14 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water.
15 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
16 400 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
17 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets.
18 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
19 6800 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate).
20 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted.
21 1006 Rice.
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 80
# Product Code
Product Description
22 4000 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
23 803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
24 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
25 7300 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
26 2203 Beer made from malt.
27 2100 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mat‚ and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mat‚; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof.
28 7000 Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass.
29 1600 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
30 3300 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic byproducts of the deterpenation of essential oil
In the years 2009 and 2010 there is not a marked difference in the leading transited commodity groups. We can thus extrapolate that the transit situation was rather stabilized for this time period.
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We can make the assumption that in the next 3-4 years, the following products will pass through Georgian roads:
Meat and meat products, poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous
beverages Construction materials, tractors and construction equipment Waters, mineral waters Sugar Malt extract or other components of beer production Bananas and other tropical fruits Apricots, cherries, peaches and other fruits Sugar Washing materials Chemical products Milk and cream products Rice Tobacco products
Note: Each year there are unidentified goods, which, although unclassified, are important for the country (HCC 9900, for example, which depicts transits from USA to Afghanistan). This analysis opens a lot of research possibilities, which can’t be covered fully by this study. The information needs to be concretized – next studies should reveal tendencies, as well as detailed analyses of as many goods, prices, qualities and flows as possible. In the following pages, we present conclusions in the form of tables depicting transit goods by weight.
It should be noted that this is an incomplete analysis – we do not classify trade flows by routes (such as trans-shipment by air vs. ports vs. roads), nor do we anticipate what types of additional goods can be transported once planned government investments in transit infrastructure take place. There are current plans for the development of the country’s airports, ports, and ferry connections with the European Union, which are currently insufficient and in need of significant improvements. Subsequently, the transit infrastructure is
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expected to change in the next five years: improved roads, possible liberalization of border and customs procedures with Armenia and Azerbaijan, construction of two new airports in the western regions of the country, and the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway connecting Azerbaijan to Turkey through Georgia (which can then become a transit way for goods from China to Europe). Such improvements may allow for commodities such as cotton to be transported; although expected in Georgian ports as far back as 10 years ago, the historical route from Central Asia to Europe via Russia and the Baltic ports (mainly Riga) shifted to the well-developed ports of Dubai and Bandar-e-Abbas. With the planned developments in logistics, Georgia can once again compete for the transport of such important commodities.
The following tables summarize transit products by total weight; top groups include unfinished goods, raw materials, and general cargo and generally differ from top groups by value. Data for 2008 is exceptional because of higher prices and larger trade volumes. For assumption and forecast purposes (next 3-4 years), 2008 data is exempted from the analysis.
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Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products by Weight in 2007 (Kg)
# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
1 2700 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal. 946,962,694
2 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con
802,281,946
3 7300 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
331,717,659
4 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms. 279,977,717
5 8400 Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation.
232,483,738
6 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. 211,735,476
7 8500 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets). 184,052,172
8 2600 Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites. 180,185,258
9 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
164,906,702
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10 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water. 147,036,686
11 3300 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic byproducts of the deterpenation of essential oil
141,747,900
12 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. 132,366,336
13 2800 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. 107,679,140
14 9400 Seats (other than those of heading No. 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof. 100,025,367
15 7600 Unwrought aluminium. 94,185,231
16 7200 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms. 75,184,627
17 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
70,169,938
18 3200 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives. 63,084,623
19 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
54,979,740
20 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 54,616,834
21 8700 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 8709). 50,461,061
22 6100 Men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading No. 6103.
42,157,308
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 85
23 1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
41,879,943
24 4900 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets. 40,393,261
25 1001 Wheat and meslin. 39,783,347
26 4000 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
36,660,995
27 6800 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). 35,343,897
28 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted. 32,582,113
29 3800 Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures.
32,038,781
30 3500 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues. 31,688,299
We can see that of the top 10 products in 2007, no more than two belong to the same value group. These products are mainly heavy, but cheap, materials, including coal, raw materials, and iron ore and semiproducts:
Coal; briquettes and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal – about 1 million tonnes
Petroleum products in 2nd and 6th places – 1.2 million tonnes
Two groups of iron products – about 500,000 tones
Chemical products polymers and ethylene in primary form (the raw material for plastic and polyethylene production) – about 300,000 tonnes
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Nuclear reactors and related products – about 232,000 tonnes
Agricultural products for food and other purposes
Figures for 2008 differ greatly from the previous year:
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products by Weight in 2008 (Kg)
# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
1 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. 59,622,003,488
2 2600 Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites. 21,512,257,339
3 2800 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. 6,864,623,296
4 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 6,521,706,117
5 2300 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves.
5,979,815,896
6 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con
5,281,738,693
7 2700 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal. 3,282,552,840
8 3500 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues. 2,637,795,717
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# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
9 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water. 1,838,326,537
10 1006 Rice. 390,523,864
11 7300 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
363,614,904
12 1001 Wheat and meslin. 267,325,430
13 6801 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). 250,998,866
14 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 227,284,529
15 7600 Unwrought aluminium. 225,679,871
16 7200 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms. 195,161,496
17 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes. 174,022,054
18 2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement ('ciment fondu'), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers.
164,552,875
19 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
142,681,331
20 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms. 124,261,714
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# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
21 8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading No. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars.
121,009,417
22 8400 Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation.
111,016,448
23 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen. 107,545,929
24 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. 92,431,269
25 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
89,274,513
26 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted. 79,363,008
27 8500 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets). 63,854,188
28 1000 Wheat and meslin. 60,986,840
29 1800 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted. 53,801,642
30 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
52,464,022
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 89
In this case, we have an astonishing increase from the previous year in the amounts transported, which cannot be explained simply by errors in the statistical data. Understanding such increases will require additional research. For the moment, we discuss the 2008 figures as a result of increased trade.
Top product categories include:
Petroleum products – about 75 million tonnes
Iron products – about 21 million tonnes
Chemicals (including fluorine, bromine, and iodine) – about 7 million tonnes
Coal briquettes and other coal products – about 4 million tonnes
Salt – 2 million tonnes
Various agricultural products and meat/poultry categories
Figures for 2009 and 2010 include:
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products by Weight in 2009 (Kg)
# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
1 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con
3,681,027,560
2 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. 3,396,792,749
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3 2700 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal. 3,378,869,808
4 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 1,824,777,393
5 1001 Wheat and meslin. 991,923,443
6 2600 Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites. 771,378,983
7 2800 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. 768,422,517
8 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water. 320,169,321
9 7200 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms. 161,330,944
10 7600 Unwrought aluminium. 132,770,008
11 7300 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
126,196,352
12 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. 105,858,120
13 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms. 94,597,637
14 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted. 88,495,357
15 8400 Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation.
85,089,789
16 207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen. 81,762,080
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17 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 80,981,542
18 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
80,435,947
19 6800 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). 78,562,460
20 3911 Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in Note 3 to this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms.
56,186,648
21 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
54,093,593
22 2009 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
49,126,060
23 8500 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets). 45,545,219
24 7204 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel. 44,997,500
25 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. 43,800,278
26 1005 Maize (corn). 43,109,334
27 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
38,189,385
28 2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement ('ciment fondu'), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers.
36,905,923
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 92
29 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.
34,189,190
30 2000 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 32,985,278
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 93
Georgia’s Top 30 Transit Products by Weight in 2010 (Kg)
# (Rank)
Product Code
Product Description Total KG of the given product
2 2700 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal. 4,232,490,981
3 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. 3,055,895,109
4 2800 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. 1,641,529,356
5 1700 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 1,072,122,914
6 8400 Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation.
837,861,847
7 6900 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
814,316,289
8 1500 Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted. 674,255,787
9 1511 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. 572,571,898
10 1001 Wheat and meslin. 353,088,180
11 3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
266,738,869
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12 7200 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms. 217,910,831
13 2500 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water. 202,737,333
14 7600 Unwrought aluminium. 193,103,057
15 2600 Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites. 180,653,836
16 7300 Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
171,813,787
17 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. 153,262,067
18 3900 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms. 132,592,235
19 6800 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). 104,215,534
20 207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen. 88,680,288
21 4400 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
74,927,170
22 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 68,268,551
23 7204 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel. 62,265,545
24 2713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
61,363,469
25 3911 Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in Note 3 to this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms.
55,971,495
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26 200 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 55,490,371
27 800 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. 52,770,809
28 4800 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. 49,426,668
29 1005 Maize (corn). 46,270,227
30 8500 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets). 44,954,171
We consider 2009 and 2010 as similar data years and we assume the roughly same amounts of trade flows.
We conclude that in the next years we anticipate at least:
5 million tonnes of petroleum products
1 million tonnes of fluorine, iodine and bromine
4 million tonnes of coal briquettes and related products
more than 1 million tonnes of iron ore and iron products
more the 1 million tonnes of sugar
about one million tonnes of construction material
We also expect some state deliveries of nuclear products and unidentified goods.
We include in this study the main transit partners of Georgia – the principal origin and destination countries in the last 5 years, organized in the following charts. Top origin countries consist of CIS countries and United States of America, and top destination countries include CIS countries and Afghanistan.
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 96
Georgia’s Top 30 Origin Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2007 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 TURKEY 2,780,677,741 16 GUINEA 36,727,843
2 AZERBAIJAN 1,224,876,438 17 GREECE 36,105,250
3 KAZAKHSTAN 342,324,429 18 TAJIKISTAN 35,931,888
4 TURKMENISTAN 313,778,178 19 NORWAY 23,874,330
5 GERMANY 239,606,154 20 ROMANIA 16,317,349
6 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 171,129,139 21 ITALY 15,932,330
7 INDIA 142,537,839 22 CHINA 15,169,174
8 SWITZERLAND 61,053,361 23 HUNGARY 13,677,351
9 BRAZIL 55,994,210 24 UZBEKISTAN 13,028,174
10 UKRAINE 53,821,984 25 MOROCCO 7,972,470
11 ARMENIA 51,273,329 26 SPAIN 7,153,309
12 UNITED STATES 50,079,336 27 INDONESIA 5,961,841
13 LITHUANIA 44,426,498 28 THAILAND 5,316,062
14 POLAND 41,668,674 29 YUGOSLAVIA 5,060,574
15 BULGARIA 39,907,926 30 MALAYSIA 4,774,525
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 97
-
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000 2,780,677,741
1,224,876,438
342,324,429 313,778,178 239,606,154
171,129,139 142,537,839 61,053,361 55,994,210 53,821,984
Top 10 Senders in 2007 by Weight
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 98
Georgia’s Top 30 Origin Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2008 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 AZERBAIJAN 62,420,501,139 16 CHINA 117,630,182
2 INDIA 21,234,939,705 17 ROMANIA 112,693,014
3 BRAZIL 6,729,245,539 18 UNITED STATES 111,789,744
4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6,722,037,836 19 LITHUANIA 107,996,740
5 ITALY 6,612,824,783 20 ISRAEL 97,034,285
6 TURKEY 6,064,937,178 21 BELGIUM 96,823,434
7 KAZAKHSTAN 2,938,184,489 22 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 73,025,089
8 TURKMENISTAN 2,100,042,603 23 SWITZERLAND 57,381,060
9 BULGARIA 743,681,679 24 GREECE 48,892,490
10 THAILAND 387,793,581 25 SPAIN 41,319,332
11 UKRAINE 344,673,307 26 UNITED KINGDOM 38,968,493
12 GUINEA 278,871,912 27 NETHERLANDS 36,881,838
13 ARMENIA 248,445,448 28 FRANCE 36,213,699
14 TAJIKISTAN 139,831,741 29 MALAYSIA 33,542,633
15 GERMANY 128,225,652 30 MOROCCO 29,183,389
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 99
-
10,000,000,000
20,000,000,000
30,000,000,000
40,000,000,000
50,000,000,000
60,000,000,000
70,000,000,000
62,420,501,139
21,234,939,705
6,729,245,539
6,722,037,836 6,612,824,783
6,064,937,178
2,938,184,489 2,100,042,603 743,681,679 387,793,581
Top Senders in 2008 by Weight
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 100
Georgia’s Top 30 Origin Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2009 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 KAZAKHSTAN 4,576,619,053 16 TAJIKISTAN 71,076,985
2 AZERBAIJAN 3,830,122,598 17 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 63,393,456
3 BRAZIL 2,406,227,632 18 UZBEKISTAN 58,142,986
4 TURKMENISTAN 1,635,006,189 19 VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 48,994,917
5 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1,261,363,035 20 GREECE 46,972,324
6 TURKEY 1,169,771,487 21 MALAYSIA 46,030,768
7 GERMANY 767,038,718 22 UNITED KINGDOM 38,335,706
8 INDIA 693,415,387 23 HONG KONG 31,296,875
9 UKRAINE 328,385,885 24 ITALY 30,719,466
10 ARMENIA 258,382,855 25 GUINEA 26,318,500
11 ROMANIA 130,037,981 26 SWITZERLAND 23,267,640
12 JAMAICA 116,507,258 27 SPAIN 20,580,649
13 BULGARIA 116,045,368 28 NETHERLANDS 19,380,652
14 UNITED STATES 108,877,257 29 ECUADOR 17,628,642
15 CHINA 80,794,982 30 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 16,621,574
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 101
-
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000
3,500,000,000
4,000,000,000
4,500,000,000
5,000,000,000 4,576,619,053
3,830,122,598
2,406,227,632
1,635,006,189
1,261,363,035 1,169,771,487
767,038,718 693,415,387
328,385,885 258,382,855
Top Senders in 2009 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 102
Georgia’s Top 30 Origin Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2010 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 KAZAKHSTAN 5,924,929,457 16 TAJIKISTAN 126,391,171
2 AZERBAIJAN 3,824,013,055 17 GREECE 87,342,472
3 TURKEY 2,821,082,963 18 GIBRALTAR 73,500,147
4 TURKMENISTAN 2,124,629,987 19 UNITED KINGDOM 63,255,617
5 MALAYSIA 1,194,250,926 20 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 61,504,056
6 BRAZIL 1,116,526,730 21 GERMANY 56,703,740
7 AUSTRALIA 749,400,766 22 JAMAICA 51,094,563
8 INDIA 668,309,988 23 NETHERLANDS 37,634,353
9 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 550,776,552 24 UZBEKISTAN 36,573,178
10 ARMENIA 347,979,790 25 ITALY 36,321,325
11 UNITED STATES 321,604,250 26 VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 36,045,391
12 UKRAINE 269,167,534 27 ARGENTINA 31,859,284
13 ROMANIA 152,809,777 28 EL SALVADOR 26,967,050
14 BULGARIA 136,900,644 29 VENEZUELA 26,388,480
15 CHINA 131,947,623 30 ECUADOR 25,805,257
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 103
-
1,000,000,000
2,000,000,000
3,000,000,000
4,000,000,000
5,000,000,000
6,000,000,000 5,924,929,457
3,824,013,055
2,821,082,963
2,124,629,987
1,194,250,926 1,116,526,730
749,400,766 668,309,988 550,776,552
347,979,790
Top Senders in 2010 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 104
Georgia’s Top 30 Destination Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2007 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 AZERBAIJAN 2,598,153,523 16 CYPRUS 7,817,685
2 ARMENIA 1,081,803,368 17 NETHERLANDS 5,389,201
3 ITALY 770,036,727 18 AUSTRIA 5,293,879
4 CAYMAN ISLANDS 702,035,230 19 UKRAINE 3,636,011
5 SWITZERLAND 335,747,668 20 GERMANY 2,698,967
6 TAJIKISTAN 85,396,877 21 ALBANIA 2,408,550
7 TURKEY 74,967,557 22 INDIA 1,957,366
8 KAZAKHSTAN 51,552,426 23 UNITED KINGDOM 1,327,376
9 KYRGYZSTAN 31,029,970 24 BELGIUM 1,022,047
10 GREECE 25,674,084 25 CHINA 862,926
11 TURKMENISTAN 20,035,302 26 UZBEKISTAN 625,208
12 UNITED STATES 15,813,224 27 POLAND 597,847
13 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15,007,789 28 BELIZE 532,050
14 MALTA 12,792,859 29 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 403,228
15 BULGARIA 8,661,731 30 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) 282,560
-
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000 2,598,153,523
1,081,803,368 770,036,727
702,035,230 335,747,668
85,396,877 74,967,557 51,552,426 31,029,970 25,674,084
Top 10 Receivers in 2007 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 105
0
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000
2,598,153,523
1,081,803,368
770,036,727 702,035,230
335,747,668
85,396,877 74,967,557 51,552,426 31,029,970 25,674,084
Top Destination Countries in 2007 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 106
Georgia’s Top 30 Destination Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2008 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 AZERBAIJAN 62,420,501,139 16 CHINA 117,630,182
2 INDIA 21,234,939,705 17 ROMANIA 112,693,014
3 BRAZIL 6,729,245,539 18 UNITED STATES 111,789,744
4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6,722,037,836 19 LITHUANIA 107,996,740
5 ITALY 6,612,824,783 20 ISRAEL 97,034,285
6 TURKEY 6,064,937,178 21 BELGIUM 96,823,434
7 KAZAKHSTAN 2,938,184,489 22 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 73,025,089
8 TURKMENISTAN 2,100,042,603 23 SWITZERLAND 57,381,060
9 BULGARIA 743,681,679 24 GREECE 48,892,490
10 THAILAND 387,793,581 25 SPAIN 41,319,332
11 UKRAINE 344,673,307 26 UNITED KINGDOM 38,968,493
12 GUINEA 278,871,912 27 NETHERLANDS 36,881,838
13 ARMENIA 248,445,448 28 FRANCE 36,213,699
14 TAJIKISTAN 139,831,741 29 MALAYSIA 33,542,633
15 GERMANY 128,225,652 30 MOROCCO 29,183,389
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 107
-
10,000,000,000
20,000,000,000
30,000,000,000
40,000,000,000
50,000,000,000
60,000,000,000
70,000,000,000
62,420,501,139
21,234,939,705
6,729,245,539 6,722,037,836
6,612,824,783 6,064,937,178
2,938,184,489 2,100,042,603 743,681,679 387,793,581
Top Destination Countries in 2008 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 108
Georgia’s Top 30 Destination Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2009 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 KAZAKHSTAN 4,576,619,053 16 TAJIKISTAN 71,076,985
2 AZERBAIJAN 3,830,122,598 17 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 63,393,456
3 BRAZIL 2,406,227,632 18 UZBEKISTAN 58,142,986
4 TURKMENISTAN 1,635,006,189 19 VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 48,994,917
5 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1,261,363,035 20 GREECE 46,972,324
6 TURKEY 1,169,771,487 21 MALAYSIA 46,030,768
7 GERMANY 767,038,718 22 UNITED KINGDOM 38,335,706
8 INDIA 693,415,387 23 HONG KONG 31,296,875
9 UKRAINE 328,385,885 24 ITALY 30,719,466
10 ARMENIA 258,382,855 25 GUINEA 26,318,500
11 ROMANIA 130,037,981 26 SWITZERLAND 23,267,640
12 JAMAICA 116,507,258 27 SPAIN 20,580,649
13 BULGARIA 116,045,368 28 NETHERLANDS 19,380,652
14 UNITED STATES 108,877,257 29 ECUADOR 17,628,642
15 CHINA 80,794,982 30 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 16,621,574
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 109
-
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000
3,500,000,000
4,000,000,000
4,500,000,000
5,000,000,000 4,576,619,053
3,830,122,598
2,406,227,632
1,635,006,189
1,261,363,035 1,169,771,487
767,038,718 693,415,387
328,385,885 258,382,855
Top Destination Countries in 2009 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 110
Georgia’s Top 30 Destination Countries for Transit Cargo by Weight in 2010 (Kg)
# (Rank) Country Total KG of the products # (Rank) Country Total KG of the products
1 KAZAKHSTAN 5,924,929,457 16 TAJIKISTAN 126,391,171
2 AZERBAIJAN 3,824,013,055 17 GREECE 87,342,472
3 TURKEY 2,821,082,963 18 GIBRALTAR 73,500,147
4 TURKMENISTAN 2,124,629,987 19 UNITED KINGDOM 63,255,617
5 MALAYSIA 1,194,250,926 20 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 61,504,056
6 BRAZIL 1,116,526,730 21 GERMANY 56,703,740
7 AUSTRALIA 749,400,766 22 JAMAICA 51,094,563
8 INDIA 668,309,988 23 NETHERLANDS 37,634,353
9 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 550,776,552 24 UZBEKISTAN 36,573,178
10 ARMENIA 347,979,790 25 ITALY 36,321,325
11 UNITED STATES 321,604,250 26 VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 36,045,391
12 UKRAINE 269,167,534 27 ARGENTINA 31,859,284
13 ROMANIA 152,809,777 28 EL SALVADOR 26,967,050
14 BULGARIA 136,900,644 29 VENEZUELA 26,388,480
15 CHINA 131,947,623 30 ECUADOR 25,805,257
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 111
-
1,000,000,000
2,000,000,000
3,000,000,000
4,000,000,000
5,000,000,000
6,000,000,000 5,924,929,457
3,824,013,055
2,821,082,963
2,124,629,987
1,194,250,926 1,116,526,730
749,400,766 668,309,988 550,776,552
347,979,790
Top Destination Countries in 2010 by KG
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 112
The following charts depict transportation modes for the top 10 transit products in the year 2010.
Transport codes10 are:
20 – railway
30 – land transport
31 – truck
32 – truck with one trailer
33 – truck with two trailers
36 – minibus
37 – special transport
38 – cars
Commodities’ 4 digit harmonized codes:
2710 – Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
2700 – Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
2709 – Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.
10 These definitions are from official sources, received from Revenue Services. They do not include exhaustive explanations for each code.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 113
2800 – Inorganic chemicals: organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
1700 – Sugars and sugar confectionery
8400 – Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
6900 – Ceramic products
1500 – Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 114
58%
0
12%
25%
3% 0
2%
0
2710
20
31
32
33
37
46%
0
15%
35%
1% 0 0
4% 2700
20
31
32
33
38
89%
0 0 11% 0
0 0 0 2709
20
32
41%
0
17%
41%
0 1% 2800
20
31
32
36
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 115
18% 3%
27% 51%
0 1% 0 1% 1700
20
30
31
32
36
38
15% 0
23%
57%
2% 1% 1% 2% 8400
20
31
32
33
36
37
38
21% 5%
21% 51%
0 2% 0 1% 6900
20
30
31
32
36
38
33%
0 18%
45%
0 1% 0
2% 1500
20
31
32
36
38
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 116
The following table depicts the top 50 transit transactions through Georgia in the year 2010 (who delivers what products in which transportation mode) for one-to-one transport from other countries to CIS countries:
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
8700 VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING-STOCK, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
1,818,057
ARMENIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
truck with one trailer
2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.)
19,826,639
UNITED STATES
TURKMENISTAN Railway 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
18,848,425
CHINA ARMENIA Railway 6900 Ceramic products. Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
27,772,599
UNITED STATES
KAZAKHSTAN Railway 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
12,828,443
UNITED STATES
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
12,910,024
UNITED STATES
AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
12,918,308
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 117
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
UNITED STATES
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
0200 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 12,784,110
UNITED STATES
AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0200 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 12,816,120
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1700 Sugars and sugars confectionary. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
1,312,216
AZERBAIJAN TURKEY truck with one trailer
3900 PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF. Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms. 15,353,709
UNITED STATES
TAJIKISTAN Railway 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
8,568,425
ARMENIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
truck with one trailer
2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
5,221,348
ARMENIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Railway 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
6,972,172
ECUADOR AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0800 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUITS OR MELONS, Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
9,699,260
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 118
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN Railway 2500 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIAL, LIME AND CEMENT
114,286,412
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.)
7,055,344
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ARMENIA Railway 1701 Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter 21,969,695
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA Railway 1500 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
6,264,276
BRAZIL AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0200 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 6,800,017
GERMANY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
4,645,119
BRAZIL ARMENIA truck with one trailer
0200 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 6,771,965
BELGIUM ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1500 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
1,472,987
UKRAINE ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1700 Sugars and sugars confectionary. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
2,727,232
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 119
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
4000 RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF, Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
2,157,741
CHINA AZERBAIJAN Railway 6900 Ceramic products. Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
11,577,964
CHINA ARMENIA Railway 6800 ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
4,490,563
ARMENIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
truck with one trailer
0806 Grapes, fresh or dried. 5,794,738
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
1,607,757
THAILAND AZERBAIJAN Railway 1006 Rice. 13,829,634
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 120
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
CHINA AZERBAIJAN Railway 6800 ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
11,448,951
FRANCE ARMENIA truck with one trailer
7000 GLASS AND GLASSWARE, Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass.
2,056,196
BRAZIL AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.
4,692,220
UKRAINE ARMENIA Railway 1500 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
13,242,045
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1800 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS 3,382,669
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
8300 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL, Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metal.
38,661
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0400 DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
2,697,915
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 121
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
ARMENIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
truck with one trailer
2000 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS, Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.
3,172,685
UKRAINE ARMENIA Railway 2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
3,979,972
ECUADOR AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. 5,016,959
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA truck with one trailer
2200 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
3,952,479
GERMANY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
1900 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04
1,021,902
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
KAZAKHSTAN Railway 3400 SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICANT PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS
2,958,057
CANADA ARMENIA truck with one trailer
1600 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
2,652,250
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 122
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport Mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
2500 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIAL, LIME AND CEMENT
24,837,097
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ARMENIA Railway 1700 Sugars and sugars confectionary. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
11,301,156
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA Railway 1512 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
3,303,814
The following table depicts the top 50 transit transactions through Georgia in the year 2010 (who delivers what products in which transportation mode) for one-to-one transport from CIS countries to other countries
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
TURKMENISTAN ITALY Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
21,238
KAZAKHSTAN SWITZERLAND Railway 2700 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
14,553
KAZAKHSTAN BERMUDA Railway 2700 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
30,689
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 123
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
KAZAKHSTAN BERMUDA Railway 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 29,866
AZERBAIJAN #N/A Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
14,129
BRAZIL AZERBAIJAN Railway 1700 Sugars and sugars confectionary. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
4,619
AZERBAIJAN ITALY Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
4,657
AUSTRALIA TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
922
TURKEY ARMENIA Railway 6900 Ceramic products. Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
197,229
KAZAKHSTAN SWITZERLAND Railway 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 12,244
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN Railway 8400 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 124
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF 1,792
INDIA TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
770
AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS Railway 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 11,073
MALAYSIA AZERBAIJAN Railway 1500 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
3,844
AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS Railway 2700 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
10,677
MALAYSIA AZERBAIJAN Railway 1511 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
144
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA Railway 1001 Wheat and meslin. 24,251
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
3400 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
99,314
#N/A AFGHANISTAN Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
4,055
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 125
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
bituminous minerals
TAJIKISTAN TURKEY Railway 7600 ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, Unwrought aluminium. Aluminium waste and scrap.
152,372
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN Railway 2500 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIAL, LIME AND CEMENT
480,008
AZERBAIJAN TURKEY Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
1,676
TURKMENISTAN ITALY Railway 2700 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
1,864
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
7300 ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL 27,825
UKRAINE ARMENIA Railway 7200 IRON AND STEEL 46,595
ROMANIA ARMENIA Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
1,691
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with 8400 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 126
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
one trailer APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF 49,294
BULGARIA ARMENIA Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
1,559
AZERBAIJAN BULGARIA Railway 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. 2,536
TURKMENISTAN ITALY Railway 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 1,197
KAZAKHSTAN ITALY Railway 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 1,161
UNITED STATES TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
979
ARMENIA BULGARIA Railway 2600 ORES, SLAG AND ASH, Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
3,800
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ARMENIA Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
5,376
AZERBAIJAN ALBANIA Railway 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 127
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
2,264
JAMAICA TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
787
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
3900 PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF. Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
39,951
BRAZIL TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
776
GIBRALTAR AFGHANISTAN Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
784
GREECE TAJIKISTAN Railway 2800 INORGANIC CHEMICALS: ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
643
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN Railway 6900 Ceramic products. Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
109,935
BRAZIL ARMENIA Railway 1700 Sugars and sugars confectionary. Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
65,369
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 128
EXP. Country IMP. Country Transport mode
Product Code
Product name Gross weight (kg)
KAZAKHSTAN ARMENIA Railway 1001 Wheat and meslin. 579
KAZAKHSTAN ITALY Railway 2700 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
679
TURKEY TURKMENISTAN
Railway 7200 IRON AND STEEL 17,841
GREECE ARMENIA Railway 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
601
ARMENIA BELIZE Railway 7204 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel. 565
TURKEY AZERBAIJAN truck with one trailer
0700 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS 189,222
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (EPI) 129
C. RECOMMENDATIONS This study represents a first attempt at a comprehensive analysis of Georgian trade and transit. Due to the enormous amount of information on this topic, further analysis is recommended. This includes:
1) Analysis by transit routes (i.e., East-West, North-South, Europe-Central Asia, etc.);
2) Analysis by transportation mode (i.e., air, truck, ship, etc.);
3) Analysis of sea transit and goods passing through ports;
4) Analysis of what percentage of goods transported by air is comprised of commodities (for example, it would be interesting to analyze 2011 data to find out how the opening of the direct flight from China – Urumgi changed commodities totals);
5) Classification of products to identify warehousing and infrastructure needs in logistical centers; analysis of costs, quality, and product types to ascertain possible replacements of current setup.
GEORGIAN TRADE & TRANSIT ANALYSIS FINAL
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